Re: [PATCH] added device tree support to gpio-generic driver

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On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Linus Walleij
<linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Romain Baeriswyl
> <romain.baeriswyl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> +Required properties:
>> +- compatible : "basic-mmio-gpio" for little endian register access or
>> +               "basic-mmio-gpio-be" for big endian register access
>
> Basic I don't know.
>
> "single-register-gpio" is more to the point, don't you think?
>
>> +- ngpios: Specifies the number of gpio mapped in the register. The value is
>> +          limited to the number of bits of the LONG type.
>
> So if it is 8 for a 32 bit register, does it mean bits 0..7 little endian or
> big endian, or does it depend on endianness? Clarify this
> in the binding.

LONG can be 64-bit too.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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