Re: [PATCH 3/3 v2] at91/atmel-mci: inclusion of sd/mmc driver in at91sam9g45 chip and board

[Haavard Skinnemoen]

Thiago A. CorrÃa <thiago.correa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Causes at91_set_gpio_input() to be called for pin -1. ÂWhich shouldn't be valid.
> >> AT91 platforms use 0 to indicate an un-connected GPIO pin, so the
> >> assignment of "wp_pin" should probably just be removed.  
> >
> > The mci driver expects non-existent pins to have a negative value, as
> > do all other drivers which use gpio_is_valid().
> >  
> 
> Then I think it would be best to use GPIO_PIN_NONE. Makes it clear
> what is expected and avoids confusion on what should be the proper
> value.

Unfortunately, GPIO_PIN_NONE only exists on AVR32.

> I hope I'm not saying non-sense, but even if I am, I guess you can see
> that I'm advocating against the magic numbers :)

IIRC, the correct way to specify a non-existent pin is to use -ENODEV.

Haavard
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