Re: [PATCH v1 4/5] gpio: xilinx: Replace bitmap_bitremap() calls

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Sep 26 2023 - 07:11:26 EST


On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 06:41:00PM +0800, Kent Gibson wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 08:20:06AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > We have sparse and dence masks of the line mappings based on
>
> dense
>
> > the view point (Linux numbering or hardware numbering). Since
> > the Linux side uses sequential bits for the mask, we can simply
> > convert a Linux number to the hardware one and vise versa by
>
> vice
>
> > counting set bits in the respective mask. Hence replace
> > bitmap_bitremap() calls by simpler equivalents.
> >
> > With this done the dence mask is not needed and thus dropped.
>
> And dense again.

Thank you, Kent, I really appreciate your help with my poor English,
nevertheless it would be nice if you can look at the last patch and
maybe even test it, so we have a bit of confidence that it works
as expected.

(The spelling will be fixed in the next version.)

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko