linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: pinctrl: mcp23s08: Clarify gpiospec flags cell usage

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Date:   Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:48:36 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Ricardo Silva <rjpdasilva@...il.com>
Cc:     "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: pinctrl: mcp23s08: Clarify gpiospec flags
 cell usage

On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 11:42 PM, Ricardo Silva <rjpdasilva@...il.com> wrote:

> The pinctrl-mcp23s08 driver doesn't provide a specific gpiospec
> of_xlate() function, causing the gpiolib-of's of_gpio_simple_xlate()
> function to be used instead, which takes the gpiospec's second cell as
> the flags specifier according to 'include/dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h'.
>
> The pinctrl-mcp23s08 bindings document was mentioning that the flags
> were unused, which is not accurate because values in that second cell
> are indeed used by the gpiolib-of's of_gpio_simple_xlate() for
> configuring the gpio (e.g. its polarity).
>
> This way, replace the "flags currently unused" reference in the
> dt-bindings document with references to the appropriate files specifying
> the possible flag values and gpiospec description.
>
> CC: devicetree@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Silva <rjpdasilva@...il.com>

Patch applied with Rob's review tag.

Yours,
Linus Walleij