[PATCH v8 3/4] gpio: rpmsg: add generic rpmsg GPIO driver

Daniel Baluta daniel.baluta at oss.nxp.com
Tue Feb 24 08:04:23 PST 2026


On 2/24/26 17:56, Shenwei Wang wrote:
> Technically, yes—it's possible to use the virtio mechanism directly without rpmsg.
> It’s a bit like talking straight to the IP layer without involving TCP or UDP: doable, but 
> at a lower‑level approach.
>
> As for the idea of gpio‑virtio, which could be an optional solution that certain customers 
> might prefer. I recall hearing this idea from Mathieu originally, though I’m not sure whether 
> he plans to implement it.

gpio-virtio is already upstream in drivers/gpio/gpio-virtio.c





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