[OpenWrt-Devel] kmod-gpio-mcp23s08 not working/available for linux-4.14

Martin Schiller ms at dev.tdt.de
Thu Aug 23 08:10:25 EDT 2018


On 2018-08-23 12:17, John Crispin wrote:
> On 23/08/18 11:53, Martin Schiller wrote:
>> The mcp23s08 drivers was moved from gpio to pinctrl "subsystem" in 
>> linux-4.13.
>> 
>> As linux-4.9 is still used for some targets, how to proceed with this 
>> mcp23s08 driver?
>> Create a new (second) CONFIG option (kmod-pinctrl-mcp23s08) coexisting 
>> to the kmod-gpio-mcp23s08?
>> 
>> Or is it possible to get this handled by the existing CONFIG option 
>> and depend on the kernel version?
>> Any hints are welcome.

...

> add an ifdef guarded sections that check the kernel version inside the
> module mk files ?
>     John

So I tried this, but "CompareKernelPatchVer" seems not working here:

diff --git a/package/kernel/linux/modules/other.mk 
b/package/kernel/linux/modules/other.mk
index c4cf74d98b..3befc9cba8 100644
--- a/package/kernel/linux/modules/other.mk
+++ b/package/kernel/linux/modules/other.mk
@@ -224,6 +224,23 @@ endef
  $(eval $(call KernelPackage,gpio-dev))


+ifeq ($(strip $(call 
CompareKernelPatchVer,$(KERNEL_PATCHVER),ge,4.13.0)),1)
+define KernelPackage/pinctrl-mcp23s08
+  SUBMENU:=$(OTHER_MENU)
+  TITLE:=Microchip MCP23xxx I/O expander
+  DEPENDS:=@GPIO_SUPPORT +kmod-i2c-core
+  KCONFIG:=CONFIG_PINCTRL_MCP23S08
+  FILES:=$(LINUX_DIR)/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-mcp23s08.ko
+  AUTOLOAD:=$(call AutoLoad,40,pinctrl-mcp23s08)
+endef
+
+define KernelPackage/pinctrl-mcp23s08/description
+ Kernel module for Microchip MCP23xxx SPI/I2C I/O expander
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call KernelPackage,pinctrl-mcp23s08))
+
+else
  define KernelPackage/gpio-mcp23s08
    SUBMENU:=$(OTHER_MENU)
    TITLE:=Microchip MCP23xxx I/O expander
@@ -238,7 +255,7 @@ define KernelPackage/gpio-mcp23s08/description
  endef

  $(eval $(call KernelPackage,gpio-mcp23s08))
-
+endif

  define KernelPackage/gpio-nxp-74hc164
    SUBMENU:=$(OTHER_MENU)


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