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From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel@savoirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: (gpio-pca953x) move header to linux/platform_data/
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:02:20 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <82440653.410050.1376665340121.JavaMail.root@mail> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACRpkdZdeVNtJSmc6Lr6j=oO9FLsAvjyrwhYS0j4OoAEhxCN9g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Linus,

You wrote:
> But:
> 
> >  drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c                 |  2 +-
> (...)
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
> > b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
> > index 426c51d..8804aec 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
> > @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/irq.h>
> >  #include <linux/irqdomain.h>
> >  #include <linux/i2c.h>
> > -#include <linux/i2c/pca953x.h>
> > +#include <linux/platform_data/pca953x.h>
> 
> Why does the GPIO driver need platform data from the
> I2C driver???
> 
> Can't this just be made to go away?

I didn't dig that much in the driver, but I cannot imagine
another way to pass, for instance, the setup callback.

What would be a good alternative for you?

Regards,
Vivien

  reply	other threads:[~2013-08-16 15:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1375304231-27281-1-git-send-email-vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
2013-08-16 13:34 ` [PATCH] gpio: (gpio-pca953x) move header to linux/platform_data/ Linus Walleij
2013-08-16 15:02   ` Vivien Didelot [this message]
2013-08-16 15:42     ` Linus Walleij
2013-08-16 19:06     ` H Hartley Sweeten
2013-08-29 17:52       ` Vivien Didelot
2013-08-29 18:00         ` Olof Johansson
2013-08-29 18:46           ` Linus Walleij

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