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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/7] ARM: OMAP1: ams-delta: convert latches to basic_mmio_gpio
* Janusz Krzysztofik <jkrzyszt@tis.icnet.pl> [111219 16:46]:
> On Tuesday 20 of December 2011 at 02:04:46, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > * Janusz Krzysztofik <jkrzyszt@tis.icnet.pl> [111219 16:28]:
> > > On Tuesday 20 of December 2011 at 01:06:00, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This part especially looks like it really should be just a regular
> > > > device driver under drivers/ somewhere.
> > >
> > > I really don't understand what kind of a driver you might mean here.
> > >
> > > The latch_gpios[] table is initially filled with all latch1 and latch2
> > > GPIO pins in order to register and initialize them from the board file
> > > until they are handled by respective existing device drivers (leds,
> > > nand, lcd, serio, serial8250, asoc) instead of those drivers accessing
> > > the latches with those old ams_delta_latch[12]_write() functions. That
> > > table will get almost empty after the transision process is completed,
> > > holding only pins not used by any drivers / connected to unsued devices,
> > > in order to initialize them from the board file for power saving
> > > purposes. A separate driver for the purpose of initializing a few GPIO
> > > pins seems an overkill.
> >
> > OK maybe update the comments a bit to describe how that table will
> > mostly disappear? It's not obvious from glancing over this patch
> > series :)
>
> To be sure, do you mean in-line comments? Or the changelog message?

Just the changelog.

Tony


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