linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/11] net: phylink: switch to using fwnode_gpiod_get

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Date:   Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:52:08 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/11] net: phylink: switch to using
 fwnode_gpiod_get_index()

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 04:44:29PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 10:41:43AM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 10:51 AM Dmitry Torokhov
> > <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > If we are willing to sacrifice the custom label for the GPIO that
> > > fwnode_gpiod_get_index() allows us to set, then there are several
> > > drivers that could actually use gpiod_get() API.
> > 
> > We have:
> > gpiod_set_consumer_name(gpiod, "name");
> > to deal with that so no sacrifice is needed.
> 
> Thank for this hint!

Would it be possible to improve your email etiquette, and move this
discussion to a more appropriate subject line, so I don't have to keep
checking these emails, in case you _do_ talk about something relevent
to the original patch that the subject line refers to?

Thanks.

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