[PATCH] gpiolib: Add of_get_gpio_chip_by_phandle() helper

Viresh Kumar viresh.kumar at st.com
Fri May 18 02:43:54 EDT 2012


On 5/18/2012 11:16 AM, Grant Likely wrote:
> Ugh; that seems a little messy.  With dynamic allocation of gpio
> numbers, there is no guarantee that all the gpio_chips will have
> contiguous gpio_bases.  It would require internal knowledge of each
> gpio controller's binding.  How do you intend to use that API?

I need gpio_chip base in my pinctrl driver to convert from gpio number
to pin number. That's it. Please suggest how should i fix this up. :)

-- 
viresh



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