# \[PATCH 00/61\] gpio: Add and use devm\_gpiochip\_add\_data()

- From: Laxman Dewangan \<ldewangan@nvidia.com\>
- Date: 2016-02-28 14:44:39 
- List: linux-arm-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2016/02/4696447
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-gpio/2016/02/4690677/t/2.md

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On Thursday 25 February 2016 06:54 PM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Laxman Dewangan [ref] wrote:
>
>> I have made the repo in git hub as
>>      https://github.com/ldewangan/linux-upstream.git
> Awesome.
>
>> branch name is devm_gpiochip.
>>      https://github.com/ldewangan/linux-upstream/tree/devm_gpiochip
> I've pulled this branch into my tree on a separate branch for
> testing. I pushed the tree to kernel.org so that the zeroday
> autobuilders can have a go at it.

Thanks you very much for taking care.

>
> If everything goes well I plan to merge this for v4.6, then we
> can merge the changes in pin control and other subsystems
> for v4.7.
Yes, once this is there, we can grep all over subsystem and push the change.

I am seeing lots of code reduction on pincontrol driver side once we 
have devm_ for pincontrol register and gpiochip_add_data().

Thanks,
Laxman
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