Re: [PATCH 134/182] m68k: gpio: switch to gpiochip_add_data()

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Linus,

On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We're planning to remove the gpiochip_add() function to swith
> to gpiochip_add_data() with NULL for data argument.

Just wondering, and I don't think this was clarified in the cover letter
(I'm not subscribed to linux-gpio, so I used a web archive): why don't you keep
gpiochip_add() as an inline wrapper around gpiochip_add_data()?
That would avoid conversions like this one.

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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