Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: add gpio_lookup_chip() to get chip information for gpio

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On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Ben Dooks <ben-linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Add a call to get the 'struct gpio_chip' pointer for a given gpio, so
> that core implementations which want to use gpiolib gpio numbering for
> things like mux configuration can get back to the gpio_chip that they
> registered without having to have their own list of gpio.
>
> This is especially useful for the Samsung S3C64XX series where the GPIO
> bank sizes can vary from 32 down to 3, making it difficult to store an
> array to convert a number to chip.
>

I think this is generally a good idea. Will most likely be useful to
pxa platforms as well. Not sure though if you want to export this
symbol as well since we do allow gpio chip drivers to be modules.
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