linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 char-misc-next 2/5] misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: load gpio driver for the gpio controller auxiliary device enumerated by the auxiliary bus driver.

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Date:   Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:31:16 +0100
From:   Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
To:     kumaravel.thiagarajan@...rochip.com
Cc:     UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, arnd@...db.de,
        derek.kiernan@...inx.com, dragan.cvetic@...inx.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 char-misc-next 2/5] misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: load gpio driver for the gpio controller auxiliary device enumerated by the auxiliary bus driver.

[+ GPIO maintainers]

> PIO function's auxiliary bus driver enumerates separate child devices for
> GPIO controller and OTP/EEPROM interface. This gpio driver implemented
> based on the gpio framework is loaded for the gpio auxiliary device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kumaravel Thiagarajan <kumaravel.thiagarajan@...rochip.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |   1 +
>  drivers/misc/mchp_pci1xxxx/Makefile           |   2 +-
>  .../misc/mchp_pci1xxxx/mchp_pci1xxxx_gpio.c   | 163 ++++++++++++++++++

Why doesn't this file live in the GPIO subsystem? Seems like this haven't
got a proper review from the GPIO people (probably due to the "misc:"
subject). Maybe even GPIO_REGMAP could be used.

-michael