RE: [PATCH v4 1/2] gpio: gpio-mlxbf3: Add gpio driver support

From: Asmaa Mnebhi
Date: Fri Feb 24 2023 - 10:59:46 EST


> > > > Gpiochip_add_data_with_keys only reads the ngpios property if
> > > > (ngpios == 0) which is not the case when bgpio_init is called. bgpio_init
> uses "sz"
> > > argument to populate the ngpio in bgpio_init, which is not what we want.
> > >
> > > Maybe bgpio_init() is not a good API for your case?
> >
> > At the moment, bgpio_init handles all the direction in/out get/set gpio value
> for us.
> > So I can either remove bgpio_init so that we get the correct ngpios
> property, but will have to define get_gpio, set_gpio, dir in and dir out.
> > Or I can keep bgpio_init and device_property_read_u32 in the gpio-
> mlxbf3.c driver.
>
> So far it seems the issue is in bgpio_init() that doesn't handle ngpios properly.
> Maybe we need to fix this first?

Ok I will send a sperate patch shortly addressing this.

> Btw, have you considered using the gpio-regmap approach?

Thanks! I see examples of drivers already using this (gpio-tn48m.c). Will take a look.