Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] gpio: pca953x: Redesign handling of chip types

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 4:12 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Now as I'm thinking more of your nice job, it may be less effort to everybody
> if you start from moving the driver to be a real pin control driver united with
> GPIO handling.

Agreed, the more complex these expanders get the closer they move to becoming
pin controllers with GPIO.

drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-sx150x.c
drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-mcp23s08.c
drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-stmfx.c

Come to mind especially.

So if it makes more sense - go for it!

Yours,
Linus Walleij