linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] gpiolib: Support purely name based gpiod lookup in device trees

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdZ+3dnhoj1TS4KSVUP8iFHsjjwop-FG2Nf07YtH6aSO_Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:00:17 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Cc:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-sunxi <linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] gpiolib: Support purely name based gpiod lookup in
 device trees

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org> wrote:

> This patch enables gpio-names based gpiod lookup in device tree usage,
> which ignores the index passed to gpiod_get_index. If this fails, fall
> back to the original function-index ("con_id"-gpios) based lookup scheme,
> for backward compatibility and any drivers needing more than one GPIO
> for any function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>

This looks a bit scary and I cannot claim to realize the entire semantic
effect of this patch, but if it's the way to go then OK.
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Shall I just apply this to the GPIO tree or are you carrying it along with
the other stuff?

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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