Re: [PATCH net-next v8 6/9] net: txgbe: Support GPIO to SFP socket

[Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 5:56 AM Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > > > +   gc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*gc), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > > +   if (!gc)
> > > > > +           return -ENOMEM;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +   gc->label = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "txgbe_gpio-%x",
> > > > > +                              (wx->pdev->bus->number << 8) | wx->pdev->devfn);
> > > > > +   gc->base = -1;
> > > > > +   gc->ngpio = 6;
> > > > > +   gc->owner = THIS_MODULE;
> > > > > +   gc->parent = dev;
> > > > > +   gc->fwnode = software_node_fwnode(txgbe->nodes.group[SWNODE_GPIO]);
> > > >
> > > > Looking at the I²C case, I'm wondering if gpio-regmap can be used for this piece.
> > >
> > > I can access this GPIO region directly, do I really need to use regmap?
> >
> > It's not a matter of access, it's a matter of using an existing
> > wrapper that will give you already a lot of code done there, i.o.w.
> > you don't need to reinvent a wheel.
>
> I took a look at the gpio-regmap code, when I call devm_gpio_regmap_register(),
> I should provide gpio_regmap_config.irq_domain if I want to add the gpio_irq_chip.
> But in this use, GPIO IRQs are requested by SFP driver. How can I get irq_domain
> before SFP probe? And where do I add IRQ parent handler?

Summon Michael who can probably answer this better than me.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko