Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: mb86s70: Revert "Return error if requesting an already assigned gpio"

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Ard Biesheuvel
<ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Commit fd9c963c5661 ("gpio: mb86s70: Return error if requesting an
> already assigned gpio") adds code that infers from the state of the
> GPIO Pin Function Register (PFR) whether a GPIO has been assigned
> already. This assumes that the pin functions are set to 'peripheral'
> when the driver is loaded, which is not guaranteed. Also, the GPIO
> layer is perfectly capable of keeping track of which GPIOs have been
> assigned already, so we shouldn't need this check in the first place.
>
> This reverts commit fd9c963c5661af3403e77e312c0d9941773b6c1b.
>
> Cc: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied with Axel's ACK.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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