linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 1/1] gpio: Add Generic regmap GPIO conversion to the TODO list

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Date:   Thu,  3 Nov 2022 22:28:17 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/1] gpio: Add Generic regmap GPIO conversion to the TODO list

It's actually preferable to use Generic regmap GPIO over other
simple approaches. Add a TODO item for that.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpio/TODO | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/TODO b/drivers/gpio/TODO
index f87ff3fa8a53..76560744587a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/TODO
+++ b/drivers/gpio/TODO
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ Work items:
   this with dry-coding and sending to maintainers to test
 
 
+Generic regmap GPIO
+
+In the very similar way to Generic MMIO GPIO convert the users which can
+take advantage of using regmap over direct IO accessors. Note, even in
+MMIO case the regmap MMIO with gpio-regmap.c is preferable over gpio-mmio.c.
+
+
 GPIOLIB irqchip
 
 The GPIOLIB irqchip is a helper irqchip for "simple cases" that should
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