Re: [PATCH] gpio: Allow user to customise maximum number of GPIOs

Christophe Leroy
2022-08-30T09:03:08Z

Le 30/08/2022 à 10:33, Alessandro Rubini a écrit :
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> Thanks davide for the good explanation
> (and the link the the old email I forgot about)
>
>> tl;dr: sta2x11 support can be removed.
>
> Confirmed.
>
> The point here is that we talked with the vendor. They are still using
> the device (with some extra internal patches), but new development at
> kernel level is stopped.
>
> Since the device is not currently available to the general public,
> it's ok to save the maintaining efforts.
>
> I can submit patch[es] next week or ack removal if somebody submits
> them earlier.
>

I have resurected removal patch from Davide Ciminaghi
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/64236c96ff620d64aa46d0fc3dac159a98c64709.1375867291.git.rubini@gnudd.com/

And I will add it in my series
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-gpio/list/?series=315826
prior to patch 4 in next re-spin (likely in a few days) because patch 4
is otherwise requiring modification of gpio-sta2x11.c

Thanks
Christophe