Re: [PATCH v3 0/1] add device driver for Nuvoton SIO gpio function

[Henning Schild <henning.schild@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:42:46 +0200
schrieb Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>:

> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 4:32 PM Henning Schild
> <henning.schild@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > changes since v2:
> >  - move from subsys_initcall to module_init
> >  - add 2 more patches to show how it can be used later
> >  - v2 is based on [PATCH v6 00/12] platform/x86: introduce
> > p2sb_bar() helper
> >
> > changes since v1:
> >  - implement get_direction function
> >  - style changes requested in review  
> 
> JFYI: You have a strange subject. Had you used `git format-patch
> --cover-letter ...`?

Yes, but i changed that subject. Took the old line and turned v2 into
v3. What is strange about it?

Henning

> > This adds gpio support for several Super IO chips from Nuvoton. The
> > driver was originally developed by Nuvoton and i am just
> > contributing it on behalf, because other patches i will send later
> > will require access to the gpios. The driver is valid on its own.
> > In fact v2 of this series shows a future user, not to be merged
> > right away but to show what is planned.
> >
> > The driver supports several chips, of which i only managed to test
> > one but did not want to drop the others.
> >
> > I hope the original authors will help with the testing and
> > addressing review feedback. The changes i did so far mainly are
> > inspired by similar drivers and some just concern coding style. If
> > more has to be done and the original authors do not jump in, we
> > might start off with just that one chip i can test and add the
> > others later on.  
> 
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