[PATCH v2] pxa/hx4700: use gpio arrays for global gpio initialization
Russell King - ARM Linux
linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Thu Apr 28 05:05:28 EDT 2011
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 08:50:19PM +0200, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> - hx4700_gpio_request(ARRAY_AND_SIZE(global_gpios));
> + ret = gpio_request_array(ARRAY_AND_SIZE(global_gpios));
> + if (ret)
> + pr_err ("hx4700: Failed to request GPIOs.\n");
No space between pr_err and (.
Does the return code convey useful information as to _why_ it failed? If
yes, you really should print its value. Knowing whether it's -EBUSY
(eg, already in use) instead of -EINVAL (eg, invalid GPIO number) really
helps to debug problems.
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