diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-max7301.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-max7301.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Juergen Beisert, Pengutronix
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Guennadi Liakhovetski, Pengutronix
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Wolfram Sang, Pengutronix
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Check max730x.c for further details.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
+#include <linux/spi/max7301.h>
+
+/* A write to the MAX7301 means one message with one transfer */
+static int max7301_spi_write(struct device *dev, unsigned int reg,
+				unsigned int val)
+{
+	struct spi_device *spi = to_spi_device(dev);
+	u16 word = ((reg & 0x7F) << 8) | (val & 0xFF);
+
+	return spi_write_then_read(spi, &word, sizeof(word), NULL, 0);
+}
+
+/* A read from the MAX7301 means two transfers; here, one message each */
+
+static int max7301_spi_read(struct device *dev, unsigned int reg)
+{
+	int ret;
+	u16 word;
+	struct spi_device *spi = to_spi_device(dev);
+
+	word = 0x8000 | (reg << 8);
+	ret = spi_write_then_read(spi, &word, sizeof(word), &word,
+				  sizeof(word));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	return word & 0xff;
+}
+
+static int max7301_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
+{
+	struct max7301 *ts;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* bits_per_word cannot be configured in platform data */
+	spi->bits_per_word = 16;
+	ret = spi_setup(spi);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	ts = devm_kzalloc(&spi->dev, sizeof(struct max7301), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ts)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ts->read = max7301_spi_read;
+	ts->write = max7301_spi_write;
+	ts->dev = &spi->dev;
+
+	ret = __max730x_probe(ts);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int max7301_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
+{
+	return __max730x_remove(&spi->dev);
+}
+
+static const struct spi_device_id max7301_id[] = {
+	{ "max7301", 0 },
+	{ }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(spi, max7301_id);
+
+static struct spi_driver max7301_driver = {
+	.driver = {
+		.name = "max7301",
+	},
+	.probe = max7301_probe,
+	.remove = max7301_remove,
+	.id_table = max7301_id,
+};
+
+static int __init max7301_init(void)
+{
+	return spi_register_driver(&max7301_driver);
+}
+/* register after spi postcore initcall and before
+ * subsys initcalls that may rely on these GPIOs
+ */
+subsys_initcall(max7301_init);
+
+static void __exit max7301_exit(void)
+{
+	spi_unregister_driver(&max7301_driver);
+}
+module_exit(max7301_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Juergen Beisert, Wolfram Sang");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MAX7301 GPIO-Expander");