Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] gpio: regmap: Always set gpio_chip get_direction

[Michael Walle]

Am 2022-11-17 15:22, schrieb William Breathitt Gray:

> > Which brings me to the question of "why this change?". The commit
> > message doesn't mention it. Just out of curiosity.
> >
> > -michael
>
> Currently, the 104-idi-48 module implements a get_direction() callback
> that is executed in situations such as gpiod_get_direction() which
> aren't necessarily related to sysfs. In this patch series, the
> 104-idi-48 module is migrated to the gpio_regmap API, but loses this
> get_direction() support because it's an input-only configuration. The
> purpose of this patch is to prevent that regression by supporting
> get_direction() for input-only/output-only configurations.

I see, thanks for the explanation.

As said before, I'm fine with the change and apparently we don't care
for sysfs changes ;)

-michael