From: Alessandro Zummo <azummo-lists@towertech.it>
To: Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>
Cc: jordan@cosmicpenguin.net, "David Brownell" <david-b@pacbell.net>,
linux-geode@lists.infradead.org, dsaxena@laptop.org,
"Martin-Éric Racine" <q-funk@iki.fi>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
rpurdie@rpsys.net, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@elte.hu>,
"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] AMD Geode CS5535/5536 GPIO driver
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:54:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090214235446.2d46bc4a@i1501.lan.towertech.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090214173811.4d9a0957@ephemeral>
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:38:11 -0500
Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net> wrote:
> > I've been suggested to move it within geode_32. the driver is
> > probably pretty geode specific anyhow.
> >
>
>
> If the whole point is to make the cs553x GPIO stuff portable (and to use
> the portable API), then what's the point if we know that it can/will
> be used by non-x86 platforms?
>
> We already have a cs553x GPIO char device, a geode GPIO lib that
> works (but has flaws).. I'm all for creating The One True CS553x GPIO
> API, but I'd consider something that's geode (and x86)-specific to be
> a waste of time.
GPIO lib is generic enough for most archs to use it and my driver uses it
Anyway I did my homework.. I will submit a revision with the latest suggested
changes... if accepted I will be happy to maintain it.
--
Best regards,
Alessandro Zummo,
Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy
http://www.towertech.it
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-14 22:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-05 15:10 [PATCH] AMD Geode CS5535/5536 GPIO driver Alessandro Zummo
2009-02-06 0:12 ` David Brownell
2009-02-06 9:16 ` Alessandro Zummo
2009-02-15 22:47 ` Jordan Crouse
2009-02-14 20:27 ` Andres Salomon
2009-02-14 22:02 ` Alessandro Zummo
2009-02-14 22:38 ` Andres Salomon
2009-02-14 22:54 ` Alessandro Zummo [this message]
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