Re: [PATCH v9 3/3] gpio: nuvoton: Add Nuvoton NPCM sgpio driver

[Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 02:27:13PM +0800, Jim Liu wrote:

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> > > +     in_port = GPIO_BANK(gpio->nin_sgpio);
> > > +     if (GPIO_BIT(gpio->nin_sgpio) > 0)
> > > +             in_port += 1;
> >
> > This is strange... So, you are telling that offsets start from 1 and not 0?
> >
> > > +     out_port = GPIO_BANK(gpio->nout_sgpio);
> > > +     if (GPIO_BIT(gpio->nout_sgpio) > 0)
> > > +             out_port += 1;
> >
> > Ditto.
> >
> Yes,  if the customer has defined the in/out pins the offsets start from 1.

Why?

> The NPCM_IOXCFG2_PORT register is the set number of in/out ports.
> NPCM_IOXCFG2_PORT register define as below:
> 0~3 bit is the number of input ports
> 4~7 bit is the number of output ports
> Each module can support 8 input ports and 8 output ports.

Right, this doesn't answer why.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko