Re: [PATCH RFC] x86: Add user configurable GPIO-lib support

[Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@telecomint.eu>]

Hello Michael, Ingo,

Le Tuesday 01 July 2008 13:04:37 Ingo Molnar, vous avez écrit :
> * Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> wrote:
> > So this adds user-configurable GPIO support through gpiolib on
> > subarchitectures that do not implement a GPIO implementation, yet.
> > Currently that's everything except X86_RDC321X.

The only reason RDC321x is not yet converted to using gpiolib is the small 
number of actually accessible GPIOs, anyway, I will do the conversion soon.

> >
> > The advantage of this is to make it possible to use generic PCI (or
> > other bus) GPIO extention cards in standard PCs through the standard
> > GPIO API.
> >
> > If another subarch implements its own GPIO, it needs to add itself as
> > an inverted dependency to GPIO_USERSELECTION to make sure the user
> > does not enable two GPIO API implementations.
> >
> > About the asm-x86/gpio.h:
> > I'm not sure what this <gpio.h> include currently is.
> > Can somebody explain that to me? Where is this supposed
> > to include a gpio.h file from?
> >

This code is inherited from MIPS/ARM before GPIO lib, where generic assembly 
headers provide prototypes for the usual GPIO functions. Boards override 
those functions with their own copy of these GPIO functions.

>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_ELAN
>  #  define PIT_TICK_RATE 1189200 /* AMD Elan has different frequency! */
>  #elif defined(CONFIG_X86_RDC321X)
>  #  define PIT_TICK_RATE 1041667 /* Underlying HZ for R8610 */
>  #else
>  #  define PIT_TICK_RATE 1193182 /* Underlying HZ */
>  #endif
>
> ... once that is made dynamic/quirkable we are there.

Yes, I did not have time to investigate this, and am still wondering if we can 
have dynamic tick rate settings in early board setup code.
-- 
Cordialement, Florian Fainelli
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