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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Message-ID: <CACRpkda5NjddOUdqjg4b9YmJizd7Q0576S-nj4M=aw3xPF2Ywg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:23:37 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
Cc:     kumaravel.thiagarajan@...rochip.com, 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, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
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.

On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 11:31 AM Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc> wrote:
> [+ 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.

I agree, plese resend this patch with the linux-gpio mailing list and the GPIO
maintainers on CC.

Yours,
Linus Walleij