From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753016Ab2HBGSx (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2012 02:18:53 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.171]:51415 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751876Ab2HBGSw (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2012 02:18:52 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 08:18:37 +0200 From: Thierry Reding To: Rob Herring Cc: Linus Walleij , Linus Walleij , devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Wolfram Sang Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: Add Avionic Design N-bit GPIO expander support Message-ID: <20120802061837.GF12241@avionic-0098.adnet.avionic-design.de> References: <1343044770-6591-1-git-send-email-thierry.reding@avionic-design.de> <20120730074714.GC15245@avionic-0098.mockup.avionic-design.de> <50185619.5090706@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UBnjLfzoMQYIXCvq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50185619.5090706@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:EylA/qwu8D3RyNnWPVM4xE/juoaK/fPfTisqP1g7rpl JKhdascnKsnnyayBr57BxPvQyfQ18pQasNscRc5PAEfvH42nes kf+EVcc57cPUqz3DSWBbNRH6iFHarq/l56+osy6lJQLpj7AsSb Koy8WDojP+wW9z9unGYNK2GdcFeJGrZ+UntW7Vl7qGOMHsUEeD U1OjvxvUV30ZhCcurZSRC5geqxmHF0eYoypszRtcBVBxTHBYDI TJEXdfG9MK5NALBKj38AKiGUWLqGVD3Gs4EbxA2sqU2TJfEdOx Eb8HAA7Ym933q75SUg77EaI5W/P3qdRfpxqEEGpPuRpBPmd7xc 5cqlIzi+ThYhiDVZ1DHISrOfbQMAToTKaKrQ9OruHdM0b59pd/ qYBdx8reMHdch9m8Ermw2KW8reGkBaJsCPAgHaE+/s5Pv6WuiQ ocQIs Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --UBnjLfzoMQYIXCvq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 05:03:05PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > For nr-gpios, I think it is typically not needed. Generally, you will > know how many gpio lines the h/w has based on the compatible string. If > this part really is the same part but different packages with different > numbers of gpio, then this property makes sense. That's exactly what I need it for. The controller is synthesized in a CPLD, so technically the part is always the same, but the configured logic can implement any number of GPIOs. Thierry --UBnjLfzoMQYIXCvq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJQGhu9AAoJEN0jrNd/PrOh0LQP/2JbP2YRXQEUzZh4YO05baQv Qx1X+4/cORFs4jYYPvu4YBtonZST9fvQpWNAP+aMMb38hBXnAlOCreejlNrmq3/U a+d6aCtWkqkbtpbvwLJLwRUAUuRHw21zXlGCRGbjhWHzunl3eHcCSRaMSZs46EkM GlBQKWOf6YeDNne7KqUMqqI0G+7bFVZVW29SZqkiVaSFIPH6dIGUZwDR/uXLp34n wNV3aere2Dqvffj7xQ6S9j/8Sw1W0/H6MokDkieK/lQMXJgV5Vhc/TTpiOohyCxR L2aaogKRzLXG7wp/uvEmCK+VVw0W9rixj/Zv4wMiRXcoZBDbyimX49tEDYM6dkT9 Hb+bhKOTTaZcfcFhSThL4yUdtjaKerdxs99K5OPAL6/OzwmtlgKleCgBGXr/15gD n5mjgRjePDyorJK/T+i5VuYjV6u+XPrOx7CweFMR4I8JrwEewOszND/Eb9uQ1H75 bphaG8G3sTUAe0O6ekClxSQiNL7UUxmAjQ3tKjPZXI5e6+CqBKRKd0ajysNNdBvZ mUO5Fkkr6FHQuxOaB3gDLke9GZoEsJAOmanAhfV0/lO5M9Svw+q9UvprZbPsnTle 5N5DZTVJgXri5E5A1xEHtxT1btNQpREIWEEJuYrA5AcjWcWwNdMdI2nh/WKVfQZk tg1bcGBby6Xao7Oteh8k =5LWR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UBnjLfzoMQYIXCvq--