Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] gpiolib: implement dev_gpiochip_{add,remove} calls

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:45:45 +1100

On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 14:04 -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> > So if we register the board infos after 
> > the controller registered, then nobody will probe the board infos.
> 
> See above.  If you're doing it right, there's no problem.
> That is, scan the OF tables early.  Just like PNP tables
> get scanned early, for example.

It's still pretty yucky in that case to scan the device-tree to convert
it into some kind of fugly board info ... I'd rather have the end
drivers that actually use those GPIOs scan the device-tree directly.

But then, I'm not a believer in generic drivers for things like GPIOs,
i2c devices, etc.. :-)

Ben.