Re: [PATCH] gpio: Allow user to customise maximum number of GPIOs

[Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>]

On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 12:40 PM Christophe Leroy
<christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> wrote:
>
> At the time being, the default maximum number of GPIOs is set to 512
> and can only get customised via an architecture specific
> CONFIG_ARCH_NR_GPIO.
>
> The maximum number of GPIOs might be dependent on the number of
> interface boards and is somewhat independent of architecture.
>
> Allow the user to select that maximum number outside of any
> architecture configuration. To enable that, re-define a
> core CONFIG_ARCH_NR_GPIO for architectures which don't already
> define one. Guard it with a new hidden CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_NR_GPIO.
>
> Only two architectures will need CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_NR_GPIO: x86 and arm.
>
> On arm, do like x86 and set 512 as the default instead of 0, that
> allows simplifying the logic in asm-generic/gpio.h
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
> ---
>  Documentation/driver-api/gpio/legacy.rst |  2 +-
>  arch/arm/Kconfig                         |  3 ++-
>  arch/arm/include/asm/gpio.h              |  1 -
>  arch/x86/Kconfig                         |  1 +
>  drivers/gpio/Kconfig                     | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  include/asm-generic/gpio.h               |  6 ------
>  6 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/legacy.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/legacy.rst
> index 9b12eeb89170..566b06a584cf 100644
> --- a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/legacy.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/legacy.rst
> @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ Platform Support
>  To force-enable this framework, a platform's Kconfig will "select" GPIOLIB,
>  else it is up to the user to configure support for GPIO.
>
> -It may also provide a custom value for ARCH_NR_GPIOS, so that it better
> +It may also provide a custom value for CONFIG_ARCH_NR_GPIO, so that it better
>  reflects the number of GPIOs in actual use on that platform, without
>  wasting static table space.  (It should count both built-in/SoC GPIOs and
>  also ones on GPIO expanders.
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 53e6a1da9af5..e55b6560fe4f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config ARM
>         select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
>         select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE
>         select ARCH_HAS_NON_OVERLAPPING_ADDRESS_SPACE
> +       select ARCH_HAS_NR_GPIO
>         select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL if ARM_LPAE
>         select ARCH_HAS_PHYS_TO_DMA
>         select ARCH_HAS_SETUP_DMA_OPS
> @@ -1243,7 +1244,7 @@ config ARCH_NR_GPIO
>         default 352 if ARCH_VT8500
>         default 288 if ARCH_ROCKCHIP
>         default 264 if MACH_H4700
> -       default 0
> +       default 512

This list should be kept sorted, otherwise you still get e.g. the '264' default
value. If you have a GPIO extender that provides hardcoded GPIO
numbers on your machine, there should be a configuration option for
that driver.

Which driver is it that needs extra hardcoded GPIO numbers for you?
Have you tried converting it to use GPIO descriptors so you don't
need the number assignment?

        Arnd