diff --git a/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_ehl/mainboard.c b/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_ehl/mainboard.c
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+
+#include <baseboard/variants.h>
+#include <device/device.h>
+#include <soc/gpio.h>
+
+static void mainboard_init(void *chip_info)
+{
+	const struct pad_config *pads;
+	size_t num;
+
+	pads = variant_gpio_table(&num);
+	gpio_configure_pads(pads, num);
+}
+
+struct chip_operations mainboard_ops = {
+	.init = mainboard_init,
+};