Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763239AbXKNGlF (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:41:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761617AbXKNGkz (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:40:55 -0500 Received: from ro-out-1112.google.com ([72.14.202.182]:37639 "EHLO ro-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759054AbXKNGky (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:40:54 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=nt2VastEEWpb4/hn1kfBHAeGjn+vUb3KGP1n0/fbncGEDMnh9eCT8cUYVXaQgG1CXghDwty/rRQzSRFWEmhdGpDaUAi35Io3FszMlW+CvNMIuHcb8TjCGbCZu1L7QHXA69ezLgo1xlKAp7QotuT89Va7Y8dJMhkp130mdpHmKdQ= Message-ID: Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:40:53 +0800 From: "eric miao" To: "David Brownell" Subject: Re: [patch/rfc 1/4] GPIO implementation framework Cc: "Linux Kernel list" , "Felipe Balbi" , "Bill Gatliff" , "Haavard Skinnemoen" , "Andrew Victor" , "Tony Lindgren" , "Jean Delvare" , "Kevin Hilman" , "Paul Mundt" , "Ben Dooks" In-Reply-To: <200711131930.19878.david-b@pacbell.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200710291809.29936.david-b@pacbell.net> <200711131106.11277.david-b@pacbell.net> <200711131930.19878.david-b@pacbell.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 898 Lines: 29 On Nov 14, 2007 11:30 AM, David Brownell wrote: > On Tuesday 13 November 2007, eric miao wrote: > > > > Can we use "per gpio based" structure instead of "per gpio_chip" based one, > > > > just like what the generic IRQ layer is doing nowadays? > > > > > > We "can" do most anything. What would that improve though? > > ... What would that improve, though? Your followup posts > still don't answer that question for me. I see the code, > but don't have an answer to that question. > to be honest, I don't feel like the holes. Put restrictions on the numbering of GPIOs might not be a good idea either. > > > -- Cheers - eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/