linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

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Date:   Mon, 29 May 2023 15:03:28 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     simon.guinot@...uanux.org
Cc:     xingtong_wu@....com, brgl@...ev.pl, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, henning.schild@...mens.com,
        xingtong.wu@...mens.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other
 gpio pins

On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 2:27 PM <simon.guinot@...uanux.org> wrote:

> It would be nice if a pin number found in the device datasheet could
> still be converted into a Linux GPIO number by adding the base of the
> first bank.

We actively discourage this kind of mapping because of reasons stated
in drivers/gpio/TODO: we want dynamic number allocation to be the
norm.

Yours,
Linus Walleij