From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: shawn.guo@freescale.com (Shawn Guo) Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 22:07:18 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] gpio/generic: initialize the shadow of direction register In-Reply-To: <20403.44198.671025.83880@ipc1.ka-ro> References: <1337054198-24674-1-git-send-email-shawn.guo@linaro.org> <20402.798.622618.263780@ipc1.ka-ro> <20120516053301.GB21517@S2100-06.ap.freescale.net> <20403.20214.297216.188300@ipc1.ka-ro> <20120516072859.GE21517@S2100-06.ap.freescale.net> <20403.22671.800713.334846@ipc1.ka-ro> <20403.41495.610333.670008@ipc1.ka-ro> <20120516133850.GA3764@S2100-06.ap.freescale.net> <20403.44198.671025.83880@ipc1.ka-ro> Message-ID: <20120516140717.GB3764@S2100-06.ap.freescale.net> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 03:33:26PM +0200, Lothar Wa?mann wrote: > > I'm not fixing a gpio-mxs problem but a gpio-generic one. Can you help > > > Yes, I know. And that's exaclty why you should make sure that you > don't break other platforms by fixing yours! > > > me understand what the new problems could possibly be introduced for > > other gpio-generic users by the changes? > > > Another platform using might be working just _because_ of the "broken" > behaviour. By fixing that brokenness for your driver you may break > that other platform. > Can you point me any such platform? -- Regards, Shawn