[PATCH] davinci: tnetv107x: fix register indexing for GPIOs numbers >31

Jon Povey Jon.Povey at racelogic.co.uk
Wed Jan 26 01:14:11 EST 2011


davinci-linux-open-source-bounces at linux.davincidsp.com wrote:

> The bug implied the use of macros to access the relevant hardware
> register e.g. the driver code used the macro like this:
> 'gpio_reg_clear_bit(&reg->data_out, gpio)'
>
> But it has to be used like this:
> 'gpio_reg_clear_bit(reg->data_out, gpio)'.

Could the macro be made into an inline function so it can do type-checking
to avoid/catch this in future?

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Jon Povey
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