Re: [PATCH v1 4/8] gpiolib: Get rid of ARCH_NR_GPIOS

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andy,

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On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 12:53 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 11:55 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > drivers/pinctrl/renesas/gpio.c: gc->base = pfc->nr_gpio_pins; // ??? don't understand
>
> I think, w/o looking into the code, that this just guarantees the
> continuous numbering for all banks (chips) on the platform.

This part of the code depends on CONFIG_PINCTRL_SH_FUNC_GPIO,
which is used only on SH.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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