diff -ruN a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/common.c b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/common.c
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/common.c	2008-10-08 20:24:05.000000000 -0700
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/common.c	2009-01-16 20:55:10.000000000 -0800
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
+#include <asm/gpio.h>
 
 #include <asm/mach/map.h>
 #include <asm/mach/irq.h>
@@ -374,12 +375,39 @@
 unsigned long ixp4xx_exp_bus_size;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ixp4xx_exp_bus_size);
 
+static int ixp4xx_gpio_direction_input(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned gpio)
+{
+	gpio_line_config(gpio, IXP4XX_GPIO_IN);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ixp4xx_gpio_direction_input);
+
+static int ixp4xx_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned gpio, int level)
+{
+	gpio_line_set(gpio, level);
+	gpio_line_config(gpio, IXP4XX_GPIO_OUT);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ixp4xx_gpio_direction_output);
+
+static struct gpio_chip ixp4xx_gpio_chip = {
+	.label			= "IXP4XX_GPIO_CHIP",
+	.direction_input	= ixp4xx_gpio_direction_input,
+	.direction_output	= ixp4xx_gpio_direction_output,
+	.get			= gpio_get_value,
+	.set			= gpio_set_value,
+	.base			= 0,
+	.ngpio			= 16,
+};
+
 void __init ixp4xx_sys_init(void)
 {
 	ixp4xx_exp_bus_size = SZ_16M;
 
 	platform_add_devices(ixp4xx_devices, ARRAY_SIZE(ixp4xx_devices));
 
+	gpiochip_add(&ixp4xx_gpio_chip);
+
 	if (cpu_is_ixp46x()) {
 		int region;
 
diff -ruN a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig	2009-01-18 19:45:37.000000000 +0100
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig	2009-01-28 15:30:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@
 	select GENERIC_GPIO
 	select GENERIC_TIME
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
 	select DMABOUNCE if PCI
 	help
 	  Support for Intel's IXP4XX (XScale) family of processors.
diff -ruN a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/Kconfig
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/Kconfig	2008-12-31 10:29:21.000000000 -0800
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/Kconfig	2009-01-16 15:17:54.000000000 -0800
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 config MACH_CAMBRIA
 	bool "Cambria"
 	select PCI
+	select GPIOLIB
 	help
 	  Say 'Y' here if you want your kernel to support the Gateworks
 	  Cambria series. For more information on this platform,

diff -ruN a/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp4xx/gpio.h b/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp4xx/gpio.h
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/include/mach/gpio.h	2008-10-08 20:24:05.000000000 -0700
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/include/mach/gpio.h	2009-01-16 20:55:25.000000000 -0800
@@ -27,47 +27,31 @@
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <mach/hardware.h>
+#include <asm-generic/gpio.h>			/* cansleep wrappers */
 
-static inline int gpio_request(unsigned gpio, const char *label)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void gpio_free(unsigned gpio)
-{
-	might_sleep();
-
-	return;
-}
-
-static inline int gpio_direction_input(unsigned gpio)
-{
-	gpio_line_config(gpio, IXP4XX_GPIO_IN);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int gpio_direction_output(unsigned gpio, int level)
-{
-	gpio_line_set(gpio, level);
-	gpio_line_config(gpio, IXP4XX_GPIO_OUT);
-	return 0;
-}
+#define NR_BUILTIN_GPIO 16
 
 static inline int gpio_get_value(unsigned gpio)
 {
-	int value;
-
-	gpio_line_get(gpio, &value);
-
-	return value;
+	if (gpio < NR_BUILTIN_GPIO)
+	{
+		int value;
+		gpio_line_get(gpio, &value);
+		return value;
+	}
+	else
+		return __gpio_get_value(gpio);
 }
 
 static inline void gpio_set_value(unsigned gpio, int value)
 {
-	gpio_line_set(gpio, value);
+	if (gpio < NR_BUILTIN_GPIO)
+		gpio_line_set(gpio, value);
+	else
+		__gpio_set_value(gpio, value);
 }
 
-#include <asm-generic/gpio.h>			/* cansleep wrappers */
+#define gpio_cansleep __gpio_cansleep
 
 extern int gpio_to_irq(int gpio);
 extern int irq_to_gpio(int gpio);