Re: [spi-devel-general] [PATCH] gpio: add driver for MAX7300 I2C GPIO extender

[Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov-hkdhdckH98+B+jHODAdFcQ@public.gmane.org>]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 01:17:26PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Add the MAX7300-I2C variant to the MAX7301-SPI version. They share most parts
> of the driver (i.e. the logic) and the read/write-register functions get
> encapsulated. It is thus possible to use both variants simultaneously.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
> index 2ad0128..a1d2608 100644
[...]
> +MODULE_ALIAS("spi:max7301");
> +
> +#define max7301_add_driver(drv) spi_register_driver(drv)
> +#define max7301_del_driver(drv) spi_unregister_driver(drv)
> +#else
> +#define max7301_add_driver(drv) (0)
> +#define max7301_del_driver(drv) do { } while(0)
> +#endif /* CONFIG_GPIO_MAX7301_SPI */
[...]
>  static int __init max7301_init(void)
>  {
> -	return spi_register_driver(&max7301_driver);
> +	int ret;
> +	ret = max7300_add_driver(&max7300_driver);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +	ret = max7301_add_driver(&max7301_driver);

Nowadays you can use device table matching, as an example see
commit 8cec03eee4a771f949c70cff07775c9bb21d4642 ("hwmon: lm70:
convert to device table matching").

Thanks,

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