linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] of_gpio: Return GPIO flags from of_get

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Date:	Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:32:48 +1100
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Trent Piepho <tpiepho@...escale.com>
Cc:	avorontsov@...mvista.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] of_gpio: Return GPIO flags from of_get_gpio()

Trent Piepho writes:

> > Alternatively you could add a new function (called, for instance,
> > of_get_gpio_flags) with the extra parameter to eliminate the need to
> > change any drivers at this stage, since they all seem to pass NULL for
> > the flags argument.
> 
> But if we did this every time any exported function needs to change, think
> how bloated the API would be with cruft.

I don't buy the argument that we can't add one thing because if we
added a hundred that would be too much.  You could add
of_get_gpio_flags, get that upstream, then get the driver patches
upstream, then submit a patch to remove of_get_gpio.  Alternatively
you could make of_get_gpio a macro or inline function in of_gpio.h.

If you really want to change everything in one hit you'll have to get
acks + agreement for the change to go upstream via my tree from all
the relevant driver maintainers first.  I don't see any particular
advantage to doing it that way, though.

Paul.
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