[PATCH 1/4] Revert "gpio: set up initial state from .get_direction()"

Andy Shevchenko andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com
Tue Oct 31 02:08:46 PDT 2017


On Mon, 2017-10-30 at 15:49 -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
> This reverts commit 72d3200061776264941be1b5a9bb8e926b3b30a5.
> 
> We cannot blindly query the direction of all GPIOs when the pins are
> first registered.  The get_direction callback normally triggers a
> read/write to hardware, but we shouldn't be touching the hardware for
> an individual GPIO until after it's been properly requested.
> 

> +		/* REVISIT: most hardware initializes GPIOs as inputs
> (often
> +		 * with pullups enabled) so power usage is minimized.
> Linux
> +		 * code should set the gpio direction first thing;
> but until
> +		 * it does, and in case chip->get_direction is not
> set, we may
> +		 * expose the wrong direction in sysfs.
> +		 */

Can you preserve the style and indentation of the commit?
Does checkpatch warn you about style? (It's apparently not a net
subsystem)

> +		desc->flags = !chip->direction_input ? (1 <<
> FLAG_IS_OUT) : 0;
>  	}
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PINCTRL

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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy



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