[PATCH v14 4/5] gpio: rpmsg: add generic rpmsg GPIO driver

Julian Braha julianbraha at gmail.com
Thu Jun 25 15:17:21 PDT 2026


Hi Shenwei,

On 6/25/26 16:54, Shenwei Wang wrote:
> +config GPIO_RPMSG
> +	tristate "Generic RPMSG GPIO support"
> +	depends on OF && REMOTEPROC
> +	select GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP
> +	default REMOTEPROC
> +	help
> +	  Say yes here to support the generic GPIO functions over the RPMSG
> +	  bus. Currently supported devices: i.MX7ULP, i.MX8ULP, i.MX8x, and
> +	  i.MX9x.
> +
> +	  If unsure, say N.

You've got GPIO_RPMSG defaulting to REMOTEPROC, which is also a
dependency, so it's effectively the same as using 'default y'.

But then you've got "If unsure, say N" in the help text. Usually this is
used when the default is N.

- Julian Braha



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