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From:   "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: Allow user to customise maximum number of GPIOs
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On August 12, 2022 2:58:36 PM PDT, Andy Shevchenko <andy=2Eshevchenko@gmail=
=2Ecom> wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 11:12 PM H=2E Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor=2Ecom> wrote=
:
>>
>> On August 9, 2022 3:40:38 AM PDT, Christophe Leroy <christophe=2Eleroy@=
csgroup=2Eeu> wrote:
>> >At the time being, the default maximum number of GPIOs is set to 512
>> >and can only get customised via an architecture specific
>> >CONFIG_ARCH_NR_GPIO=2E
>> >
>> >The maximum number of GPIOs might be dependent on the number of
>> >interface boards and is somewhat independent of architecture=2E
>> >
>> >Allow the user to select that maximum number outside of any
>> >architecture configuration=2E To enable that, re-define a
>> >core CONFIG_ARCH_NR_GPIO for architectures which don't already
>> >define one=2E Guard it with a new hidden CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_NR_GPIO=2E
>> >
>> >Only two architectures will need CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_NR_GPIO: x86 and arm=
=2E
>> >
>> >On arm, do like x86 and set 512 as the default instead of 0, that
>> >allows simplifying the logic in asm-generic/gpio=2Eh
>
>=2E=2E=2E
>
>> This seems very odd to me=2E GPIOs can be, and often are, attached to p=
eripheral buses which means that the *same system* can have anything from n=
one to thousands of gpios =2E=2E
>
>Basically this setting should give us a *minimum* GPIO lines that are
>present on the system=2E And that is perfectly SoC dependent=2E The real
>issue is that the GPIO framework has these global arrays that (still?)
>can't be initialized from the heap due to too early initialization (is
>it the true reason?)=2E
>

Ok that makes more sense=2E=2E=2E but in that case, it would also be good =
to reclaim excess storage that turns out to not be needed=2E

I am a bit skeptical, though =E2=80=93 we get basic memory allocation very=
 early=2E