Re: [PATCH 2/8] spi: sirf: request and free cs gpio in setup and cleanup callbacks

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On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 11:34:57AM +0800, swingboard wrote:
> 2014-09-05 3:19 GMT+08:00 Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> > I'm not quite sure I understand the rationale here - as far as I can
> > tell this is making the GPIO request happen later not earlier so it's
> > not clear to me what the problem this is fixing in the existing code.
> > If the goal is to move the request around in the probe function why not
> > just move the existing code earlier in probe()?

> As GPIO cs can be high or low validate and the used GPIO pin with
> default value may high or low,
> it is need do spi device's chipselect invalidation work in spi_setup,
> the patch purpose for it.
> master->cs_gpios only assigned after spi_bitbang_start and the
> function call spi_setup,
> if keep the existing code there will result gpio usage before gpio request.
> just move gpio request code in spi_sirfsoc_setup before gpio use.

I'm still having a hard time understanding why pulling the code earlier
in probe isn't a better fix here.

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