[PATCH 1/2] gpio: mcp23s08: Allow -1 as a legal value for global gpio base

[Lars Poeschel]

From: Lars Poeschel <poesc...@lemonage.de>

Explicitly allow -1 as a legal value for the
mcp23s08_platform_data->base. This is the special value lets the
kernel choose a valid global gpio base number.

Signed-off-by: Lars Poeschel <poesc...@lemonage.de>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
index 3cea0ea..2afb828 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static int mcp230xx_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
        int status;
 
        pdata = client->dev.platform_data;
-       if (!pdata || !gpio_is_valid(pdata->base)) {
+       if ((!pdata || !gpio_is_valid(pdata->base)) && pdata->base != -1) {
                dev_dbg(&client->dev, "invalid or missing platform data\n");
                return -EINVAL;
        }
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static int mcp23s08_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
        type = spi_get_device_id(spi)->driver_data;
 
        pdata = spi->dev.platform_data;
-       if (!pdata || !gpio_is_valid(pdata->base)) {
+       if ((!pdata || !gpio_is_valid(pdata->base)) && pdata->base != -1) {
                dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "invalid or missing platform data\n");
                return -EINVAL;
        }
-- 
1.7.10.4

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