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Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:17:52 +0800
From:   Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 4/5] gpio: xilinx: Replace bitmap_bitremap() calls
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On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 02:11:14PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 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.
> 

Well that is the plan, but I haven't been in the GPIO space for a while so
I need to pull my test setup out of mothballs first - so don't hold your
breath.

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

Those I can spot without needing to compile anything ;-).

Cheers,
Kent.