[PATCH v3] powerpc: Specify GPIO number base for controller in DT

[Grant Likely]

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Anton Vorontsov
<avorontsov at ru.mvista.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 08:13:00PM +0200, Stefan Roese wrote:
>> On Thursday 23 October 2008, Wolfgang Ocker wrote:
>> > The GPIOLIB allows the specification of a base gpio number for a
>> > controller. That is not possible using OF. Instead, free gpio numbers
>> > are assigned.
>> >
>> > In order to allow static, predefined gpio numbers, a base property in
>> > the gpio controller node specifies the first gpio number.
>> >
>> > v2, v3: added/improved description of base property in doc
>>
>> These version descriptions are better placed below the "---" line. And you
>> should remove the "Re: " from the subject line. Other than this:
>>
>> Acked-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>
>
> Please-defer-this-patch-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov at ru.mvista.com>
>
> Wolfgang, Stefan, see this comment:
>
> http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2008-October/064505.html
>
> ..just tell me what are you trying to solve.

Yeah, I don't like this patch either.  GPIO numbering is a Linux
internal detail and has no bearing on the hardware description.  If
you need to know what a particular gpio number is then it should be
resolved by finding the device tree node; not by trying to fix a GPIO
controller to a particular number.

g.

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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.