From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tony@atomide.com (Tony Lindgren) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:04:46 -0800 Subject: [PATCH v2 2/7] ARM: OMAP1: ams-delta: convert latches to basic_mmio_gpio In-Reply-To: <201112200159.36558.jkrzyszt@tis.icnet.pl> References: <20111220000600.GY6464@atomide.com> <201112200159.36558.jkrzyszt@tis.icnet.pl> Message-ID: <20111220010446.GA6464@atomide.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org * Janusz Krzysztofik [111219 16:28]: > On Tuesday 20 of December 2011 at 01:06:00, Tony Lindgren wrote: > > > > This part especially looks like it really should be just a regular > > device driver under drivers/ somewhere. > > I really don't understand what kind of a driver you might mean here. > > The latch_gpios[] table is initially filled with all latch1 and latch2 > GPIO pins in order to register and initialize them from the board file > until they are handled by respective existing device drivers (leds, > nand, lcd, serio, serial8250, asoc) instead of those drivers accessing > the latches with those old ams_delta_latch[12]_write() functions. That > table will get almost empty after the transision process is completed, > holding only pins not used by any drivers / connected to unsued devices, > in order to initialize them from the board file for power saving > purposes. A separate driver for the purpose of initializing a few GPIO > pins seems an overkill. OK maybe update the comments a bit to describe how that table will mostly disappear? It's not obvious from glancing over this patch series :) > The new ams_delta_latch_write() function is a unified replacement for > those removed ams_delta_latch[12]_write(), and serves as a temporary > wrapper over gpio_set_value(), providing the old API for those not yet > updated device drivers, and will be removed after all drivers are > converted. > > Perhaps I was not clear enough with my intention of a smooth step by > step transition to the GPIO API without breaking any signle driver with > any single patch. > > > That might simplify things quite a bit for you.. > > Will be simplified, step by step, while moving GPIO handling from the > board file to all those existing device drivers. > > I hope this clarifies things enough. Yes thanks :) Tony