Messages in this thread | | | From | Robert Jarzmik <> | Subject | Re: gpio-pxa: getting GPIOs by devicetree phandle broken | Date | Mon, 09 Feb 2015 09:02:51 +0100 |
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Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@gmail.com> writes:
> Adding Robert who reported the same thing. > > On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 6:28 AM, Tyler Hall <tylerwhall@gmail.com> wrote: >> 1. Require child nodes in DT for each bank > > This would break DT compatibility. Agreed.
> >> 2. Refactor gpio-pxa to only register one gpiochip > > Sounds better, especially since this would reflect the hardware more > accurately. One DT node should translate into one GPIO chip. Could I know where "should translate into _one_ GPIO chip" comes from ? Is it a specification, or is it a new rule we're creating ?
And if it's a new rule, I'd like to know what backs it up .
> problem is that I'm afraid several other drivers are doing the same > thing and thus are now similarly broken. That's also what I'm afraid of.
> The following is also likely to work as a workaround, but I would not > go as far as saying this should be taken as a fix. Hans, since you > wrote 7b8792b, could we have your input on this? I was going to suggest the very same approach. If this one (or a similar one) doesn't meet success, then my weekend of revert queries is not over ... and I don't like reverts.
Cheers.
-- Robert
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