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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] gpio: add GPIO support for F71882FG and F71889F
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On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Simon Guinot
<simon.guinot@sequanux.org> wrote:

> This patch adds support for the GPIOs found on the Fintek super-I/O
> chips F71882FG and F71889F.
>
> A super-I/O is a legacy I/O controller embedded on x86 motherboards. It
> is used to connect the low-bandwidth devices. Among others functions the
> F71882FG/F71889F provides: a parallel port, two serial ports, a keyboard
> controller, an hardware monitoring controller and some GPIO pins.
>
> Note that this super-I/Os are embedded on some Atom-based LaCie NASes.
> The GPIOs are used to control the LEDs and the hard drive power.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@sequanux.org>
> ---
> Changes since v2:
> - Remove useless NULL setters for driver data.

OK we had some discussion on this: there seem to be no alternatives
to port probing, and hacking these board drivers is mighty cool, so
patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij


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