linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] gpio: Get rid of ARCH_NR

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Message-ID: <da8e0775-7d3e-d6fa-e1ff-395769d35614@csgroup.eu>
Date:   Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:13:20 +0000
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
CC:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Keerthy <j-keerthy@...com>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Davide Ciminaghi <ciminaghi@...dd.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] gpio: Get rid of ARCH_NR_GPIOS (v2)

Hi Linus,

Le 14/09/2022 à 15:03, Arnd Bergmann a écrit :
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2022, at 2:38 PM, Linus Walleij wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 12:15 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>>>>>   drivers/gpio/gpio-sta2x11.c              | 411 -----------------------
>> (...)
>>> sta2x11 is an x86 driver, so not my area, but I think it would be
>>> best to kill off the entire platform rather than just its gpio
>>> driver, since everything needs to work together and it's clearly
>>> not functional at the moment.
>>>
>>> $ git grep -l STA2X11
>>> Documentation/admin-guide/media/pci-cardlist.rst
>>> arch/x86/Kconfig
>>> arch/x86/include/asm/sta2x11.h
>>> arch/x86/pci/Makefile
>>> arch/x86/pci/sta2x11-fixup.c
>>> drivers/ata/ahci.c
>>> drivers/gpio/Kconfig
>>> drivers/gpio/Makefile
>>> drivers/gpio/gpio-sta2x11.c
>>> drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig
>>> drivers/media/pci/Makefile
>>> drivers/media/pci/sta2x11/Kconfig
>>> drivers/media/pci/sta2x11/Makefile
>>> drivers/media/pci/sta2x11/sta2x11_vip.c
>>> drivers/media/pci/sta2x11/sta2x11_vip.h
>>> drivers/mfd/Kconfig
>>> drivers/mfd/Makefile
>>> drivers/mfd/sta2x11-mfd.c
>>> include/linux/mfd/sta2x11-mfd.h
>>>
>>> Removing the other sta2x11 bits (mfd, media, x86) should
>>> probably be done through the respective tree, but it would
>>> be good not to forget those.
>>
>> Andy is pretty much default x86 platform device maintainer, maybe
>> he can ACK or brief us on what he knows about the status of
>> STA2x11?
> 
> I think the explanation given by Davide and Alessandro
> was rather detailed already:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Yw3LQjhZWmZaU2N1@arcana.i.gnudd.com/
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Yw3DKCuDoPkCaqxE@arcana.i.gnudd.com/
> 

I can't see this series in neither linus tree nor linux-next.

Following the ACK from Andy + the above explanations from Arnd, do you 
plan to merge this series anytime soon ?

Do you need anything more from me ?

Thanks
Christophe