Re: [PATCH RFC] gpio: move intel drivers into their own directory

[Hans de Goede <hansg@kernel.org>]

Hi,

On 25-Sep-26 12:48, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 12:22:15PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>> In order to avoid maintainer mistakes on patch ownership: move all the
>> Intel drivers into their own dedicated directory under
>> drivers/gpio/intel. Don't touch Kconfig options as we historically sort
>> GPIO drivers by type, not by vendor.
> 
> ...
> 
>>  drivers/gpio/{ => intel}/gpio-graniterapids.c   |  0
>>  drivers/gpio/{ => intel}/gpio-novalake-events.c |  0
> 
> These are interesting drivers, not sure where to put them
> 
>>  drivers/gpio/{ => intel}/gpio-ljca.c            |  0
>>  drivers/gpio/{ => intel}/gpio-usbio.c           |  0
> 
> These are definitely not going to intel subfolder, they have nothing to do with
> Intel HW, they are against some custom external (to Intel SoC) HW.

Hmm, those "external" SoCs are only found on Intel IPU6/IPU7 laptops
and come from camera designs for OEMs done by Intel's camera team.

I don't care much either way, but for all intent and purposes these
really are Intel USB GPIO expander drivers.

Regards,

Hans