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

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0811261423120.5161@t2.domain.actdsltmp>
Date:	Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:35:54 -0800 (PST)
From:	Trent Piepho <tpiepho@...escale.com>
To:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
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()

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Anton Vorontsov writes:
>
>> Can we apply it? Paul, Benjamin?
>>
>> The patchwork url for this patch is:
>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/6650/
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>>  drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_upm.c              |    2 +-
>>>  drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c      |    2 +-
>>>  drivers/net/phy/mdio-ofgpio.c           |    4 ++--
>>>  drivers/of/gpio.c                       |   13 ++++++++++---
>>>  drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c |    2 +-
>>>  include/linux/of_gpio.h                 |   21 +++++++++++++++++----
>>>  6 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> That would need acks from Jeff Garzik and David Woodhouse.
>
> 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.
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