linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: regmap: move struct gpio

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Date:   Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:24:38 +0100
From:   Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
To:     Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@...il.com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: regmap: move struct gpio_regmap definition

Hi,

Am 2021-03-02 19:14, schrieb Álvaro Fernández Rojas:
> El 02/03/2021 a las 19:10, Michael Walle escribió:
>> Am 2021-03-02 19:06, schrieb Álvaro Fernández Rojas:
>>> struct gpio_regmap should be declared in gpio/regmap.h.
>>> This way other drivers can access the structure data when registering 
>>> a gpio
>>> regmap controller.
>> 
>> The intention was really to keep this private to the gpio-regmap
>> driver. Why do you need to access to the properties?
> 
> I'm trying to add support for bcm63xx pin controllers, and Linus
> suggested that I could use gpio regmap instead of adding duplicated
> code.

nice!

> However, I need to access gpio_chip inside gpio_regmap to call
> pinctrl_add_gpio_range() with gpio_chip.base.

Can't we add something to gpio-regmap.c which will (1) either call
pinctrl_add_gpio_range(), just (2) return the struct gpio_chip* or
(3) even only gpio_chip.base?

I don't know how many sense (1) make and how reusable that code would
be for other drivers, though. Linus?

-michael