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From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] gpiolib: implement dev_gpiochip_{add,remove} calls
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:24:42 -0700
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On Thursday 16 October 2008, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> +/*
> + * Platforms can define their own __dev_ versions to glue gpio_chips=
 with the
> + * architecture-specific code.
> + */
> +#ifndef __dev_gpiochip_add
> +#define __dev_gpiochip_add __dev_gpiochip_add
> +static inline int __dev_gpiochip_add(struct device *dev,
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0 =A0 struct gpio_chip *chip)
> +{
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0chip->dev =3D dev;
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0return gpiochip_add(chip);
> +}
> +#endif /* __dev_gpiochip_add */

This is pretty ugly, especially the implication that *EVERY* gpio_chip
provider needs modification to use these calls.

Surely it would be a lot simpler to just add platform-specific hooks
to gpiochip_{add,remove}(), so that no providers need to be changed??


> +#ifndef __dev_gpiochip_remove
> +#define __dev_gpiochip_remove __dev_gpiochip_remove
> +static inline int __dev_gpiochip_remove(struct device *dev,
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0struct gpio_chip *chip)
> +{
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0return gpiochip_remove(chip);
> +}
> +#endif /* __dev_gpiochip_remove */

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] gpiolib: implement dev_gpiochip_{add,remove} calls
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On Thursday 16 October 2008, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> +/*
> + * Platforms can define their own __dev_ versions to glue gpio_chips with the
> + * architecture-specific code.
> + */
> +#ifndef __dev_gpiochip_add
> +#define __dev_gpiochip_add __dev_gpiochip_add
> +static inline int __dev_gpiochip_add(struct device *dev,
> +                                    struct gpio_chip *chip)
> +{
> +       chip->dev = dev;
> +       return gpiochip_add(chip);
> +}
> +#endif /* __dev_gpiochip_add */

This is pretty ugly, especially the implication that *EVERY* gpio_chip
provider needs modification to use these calls.

Surely it would be a lot simpler to just add platform-specific hooks
to gpiochip_{add,remove}(), so that no providers need to be changed??


> +#ifndef __dev_gpiochip_remove
> +#define __dev_gpiochip_remove __dev_gpiochip_remove
> +static inline int __dev_gpiochip_remove(struct device *dev,
> +                                       struct gpio_chip *chip)
> +{
> +       return gpiochip_remove(chip);
> +}
> +#endif /* __dev_gpiochip_remove */