Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] gpio: Add gpio latch driver

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Sep 02 2022 - 02:43:06 EST


On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 9:02 AM Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This driver implements a GPIO multiplexer based on latches connected to
> other GPIOs. A set of data GPIOs is connected to the data input of
> multiple latches. The clock input of each latch is driven by another
> set of GPIOs. With two 8-bit latches 10 GPIOs can be multiplexed into
> 16 GPIOs. GPOs might be a better term as in fact the multiplexed pins
> are output only.

So, this is for only one type of latches, now I'm wondering why
gpio-74xx-mmio can't cover this case (with probably small
modifications to the code)?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko