[PATCH] gpiolib: fix bug and clarify OF use of ranges

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Wed Nov 21 02:56:47 EST 2012


On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Linus Walleij
<linus.walleij at stericsson.com> wrote:

> From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
>
> In commit c905165f5946f56dca195871641bd4e488eca24a
> "gpiolib: let gpiochip_add_pin_range() specify offset"
> I forgot to update the OF use of the function
> gpiochip_add_pin_range().
>
> It turns out that this reveal a weakness in the
> OF range mappings: ranges cannot currently be sparse.
> So put in a comment so we can fix this later.
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>

BTW I've squashed this into the original commit above to avoid any
git bisect issues.

Linus Walleij



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