From: Lars Poeschel <poeschel@xxxxxxxxxxx> Explicitly allow -1 as a legal value for the mcp23s08_platform_data->base. This is the special value lets the kernel choose a valid global gpio base number. Signed-off-by: Lars Poeschel <poeschel@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c index 3cea0ea..2afb828 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static int mcp230xx_probe(struct i2c_client *client, int status; pdata = client->dev.platform_data; - if (!pdata || !gpio_is_valid(pdata->base)) { + if ((!pdata || !gpio_is_valid(pdata->base)) && pdata->base != -1) { dev_dbg(&client->dev, "invalid or missing platform data\n"); return -EINVAL; } @@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static int mcp23s08_probe(struct spi_device *spi) type = spi_get_device_id(spi)->driver_data; pdata = spi->dev.platform_data; - if (!pdata || !gpio_is_valid(pdata->base)) { + if ((!pdata || !gpio_is_valid(pdata->base)) && pdata->base != -1) { dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "invalid or missing platform data\n"); return -EINVAL; } -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html