Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:35:16 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] gpio: add GPIO support for F71882FG and F71889F | From | Linus Walleij <> |
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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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