Re: [PATCH v6] gpio: pca953x: Add Maxim MAX7313 PWM support

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote on Wed, 1 Jul 2020
00:27:31 +0300:

> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 3:45 PM Uwe Kleine-König
> <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 11:13:31AM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > > I can't find anything in any of the previous threads. What was the
> > > reason to not go the MFD way here?
> >
> > MFD doesn't work because the different "modes" are not orthogonal. So
> > this is not a single device that provides several functions at the same
> > time that can be used in parallel.
> 
> Did I get this correctly that it's either *all* pins are GPIO or *all* are PWM?
> 
> Otherwise, it fits from my point of view.
> 

Sorry for not being clear in the first place : the choice between
pure GPIO and PWM is on a per output basis. As Uwe said, the two
"modes" are not orthogonal hence the MFD does not fit here IMHO.

Thanks,
Miquèl