Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: mxc: switch to dynamic allocat GPIO base

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Mon Aug 21 2023 - 03:26:10 EST


On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 4:47 AM Bough Chen <haibo.chen@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Linus and Bartosz,
>
> For this patch, still not in the main trunk (Linux 6.5-rc7) and linux-next(next-20230818).
> Can you help apply or any comment?

As pointed out by Bartosz you cannot just mechanically switch the base
to -1.

You also need to convince us that this doesn't break any systems, and if
it does, fix them so they don't break before submitting this patch.

Yours,
Linus Walleij