Re: [PATCH] gpio: mxs: implement get_direction callback

Alexander Shiyan shc_work at mail.ru
Mon Nov 17 00:53:36 PST 2014


Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:44:10 +0100 от Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>:
> Hello Alexander,
> 
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:38:54AM +0300, Alexander Shiyan wrote:
> > Hello.
> > 
> > ...
> > > > struct mctrl_gpios *mctrl_gpio_init(struct device *dev, unsigned int
> > > > idx, int *irqs)
> > > What is idx about? I see it already in the mctrl_gpio API, but there is
> > > no documentation about how it's used. Is it always 0?
> > 
> > This could be used for drivers with several UARTs, which registered at once.
> Then what about:
> 
> 	/**
> 	 * Document what idx is about here.
> 	 */
> 	struct mctrl_gpios *mctrl_gpio_init_index(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int idx);
> 	static inline struct mctrl_gpios *mctrl_gpio_init(struct uart_port *port)
> 	{
> 		return mctrl_gpio_init_index(port, 0);
> 	}
> 
> ? That matches how gpio and of functions use the indexed variants.

This is planned by me for "sccnxp" driver at least.

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