Re: [PATCH v1 1/9] gpio: gxp: Add HPE GXP GPIO

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 10:01 PM Hawkins, Nick <nick.hawkins@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Thank you for your contribution. To begin with, I don't believe a simple GPIO
> > driver needs 1000+ LoCs. But see more comments below.
>
> Andy,
>
> Thank you for your feedback. I will apply all the input you have provided.

You are welcome!

> I will need to rewrite this code and I am considering the need to
> perhaps create two files instead of one to keep code length down. As
> implied by the description I was trying to have one file handle two
> different compatible strings.
>
> I believe that one file will need to be the regular IO from the host and
> memory mapped IO pins of our SoC. The other will need to be the memory
> mapped IO pins coming from our CPLD. Both of these sources are interruptible
> which does cause some complexity.
>
> Please let me know if what I have described above is not a good approach to
> take with GPIO drivers. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

I don't know your hardware, otherwise what you wrote above sounds good to me.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko