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Message-ID: <CAHp75VehagLZLTb4hC5J+w8JVUu-zYBDb+npeS8ZgadfF9MheA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:59:43 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Asmaa Mnebhi <asmaa@...dia.com>
Cc:     linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
        bgolaszewski@...libre.com, brgl@...ev.pl,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] gpio: mlxbf3: Support add_pin_ranges()

On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 4:21 AM Asmaa Mnebhi <asmaa@...dia.com> wrote:
>
> Support add_pin_ranges() so that pinctrl_gpio_request() can be called.
> The GPIO value is not modified when the user runs the "gpioset" tool.
> This is because when gpiochip_generic_request is invoked by the gpio-mlxbf3
> driver, "pin_ranges" is empty so it skips "pinctrl_gpio_request()".
> pinctrl_gpio_request() is essential in the code flow because it changes the
> mux value so that software has control over modifying the GPIO value.
> Adding add_pin_ranges() creates a dependency on the pinctrl-mlxbf3.c driver.

Better now,
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>

...

>  #define MLXBF3_GPIO_MAX_PINS_PER_BLOCK 32
> +#define MLXBF3_GPIO_MAX_PINS_BLOCK0    MLXBF3_GPIO_MAX_PINS_PER_BLOCK
> +#define MLXBF3_GPIO_MAX_PINS_BLOCK1    24

Since it's a fix for backporting, I'm not insisting to amend it now,
but can we actually drop the common define and use

#define MLXBF3_GPIO_MAX_PINS_BLOCK0    32
#define MLXBF3_GPIO_MAX_PINS_BLOCK1    24

and modify code accordingly, please?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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