Re: [PATCH] gpio: mvebu: drop pwm base assignment

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 6:48 PM Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > -     /*
> > -      * There may already be some PWM allocated, so we can't force
> > -      * mvpwm->chip.base to a fixed point like mvchip->chip.base.
> > -      * So, we let pwmchip_add() do the numbering and take the next free
> > -      * region.
> > -      */
> > -     mvpwm->chip.base = -1;

I don't see why this is removed. I understand why the comment is removed
but all contemporary GPIO chips should use dynamic assignment of numbers
i.e. base = -1.

Yours,
Linus Walleij