linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: mvebu: change compatible string for PWM support

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Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2017 09:45:39 +0200
From:   Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@...il.com>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Ralph Sennhauser <ralph.sennhauser@...il.com>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
        Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: mvebu: change compatible string for PWM support

2017-06-09 9:42 GMT+02:00 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>:
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:08 PM, Ralph Sennhauser
> <ralph.sennhauser@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> As it turns out more than just Armada 370 and XP support using GPIO
>> lines as PWM lines. For example the Armada 38x family has the same
>> hardware support. As such "marvell,armada-370-xp-gpio" for the
>> compatible string is a misnomer.
>>
>> Change the compatible string to "marvell,armada-370-gpio" before the
>> driver makes it out of the -rc stage. This also follows the practice of
>> using only the first device family supported as part of the name.
>>
>> Also update the documentation and comments in the code accordingly.
>>
>> Fixes: 757642f9a584 ("gpio: mvebu: Add limited PWM support")
>> Signed-off-by: Ralph Sennhauser <ralph.sennhauser@...il.com>
>
> Patch applied for next with the tags.
You mean for fixes right ?
The goal was to correct "marvell,armada-370-xp-gpio" before 4.12 is out.

>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

Regards,
Richard