Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] gpio: Add support for TPS68470 GPIOs

[Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 12:17 PM, Mani, Rajmohan
<rajmohan.mani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] gpio: Add support for TPS68470 GPIOs
>> On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 7:50 PM, Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 04:40:16PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> >> On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxx> wrote:

>> >> > Again, I'm not really worried about this driver, but the ACPI
>> >> > tables. How does the difference show there?
>> >>
>> >> Same way. You will have common numbering over the chip [0, 9]. It
>> >> will be just an abstraction inside the driver.

>> > Sounds fine to me, taken that this does not add complications to ACPI
>> > tables.
>>
>> They just need to share the same ACPI_HANDLE (it might require to do this in
>> generic way in gpiolib) and have a continuous numbering (easy to achieve with
>> carefully chosen bases).

> Few clarifications...
>
> Are you implying new kernel changes are needed in gpiolib to accommodate 2 GPIO chips?

Might be needed. It should be investigated first.
In any case it would be somelike oneliner.

> Does it need changes in platform firmware or is it expected to work just with the gpiolib changes that you described above?

No firmware changes are implied.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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