linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] pinctrl: conjure names for unnamed pins

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Date:	Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:22:05 -0800
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...escale.com>,
	Thomas Abraham <thomas.abraham@...aro.org>,
	Dong Aisheng <dong.aisheng@...aro.org>,
	Rajendra Nayak <rajendra.nayak@...aro.org>,
	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...vell.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] pinctrl: conjure names for unnamed pins

Linus Walleij wrote at Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:35 PM:
> From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> 
> If pins with blank names are registered, we assign them names on-the-fly
> on the form "PINn" where n is the pin number for that pin on the specific
> controller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Acked-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>

That could be a lot of dynamic allocations, but since the individual
drivers are in control of whether any are needed (i.e. they can provide
names themselves), this seems fine - it doesn't affect anything that
doesn't want the feature.

-- 
nvpublic

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