On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 02:50:50PM +0000, Laszlo Papp wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 11/22/2013 01:23 AM, Laszlo Papp wrote: > >> > >> Just to clarify: you want to have ./gpio/gpio-max6650.c? > >> > > No, I never said that. I wanted you to register the gpio pins > > with the gpio subsystem. I didn't ask you to write a separate > > driver for it. > > > > Sure, strictly speaking one could write a top level mfd driver > > and separate gpio and hwmon drivers, but at least in my opinion > > that would be overkill. I also never suggested this; you brought > > the term mfd into the discussion. > > Why is it an overkill to write a separate gpio driver for this, and > potentially also for the gpio status register of this particular MAXIM > chip? > > Other gpio drivers in the gpio folder are also short. This would not > become long either. > No one prevents you from writing a separate gpio driver. I will certainly not prevent you from doing it. Just don't claim that I requested it. Same is true for an mfd driver; I won't prevent you from writing one. But don't claim that I told you to do it. Guenter _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
