linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: cherryview: Add quirk with custom translation of ACPI GPIO numbers

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Date:   Mon, 10 Feb 2020 13:13:23 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Michał Stanek <mst@...ihalf.com>
Cc:     Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stanekm@...gle.com, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>, levinale@...omium.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: cherryview: Add quirk with custom translation of
 ACPI GPIO numbers

On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 7:43 PM Michał Stanek <mst@...ihalf.com> wrote:

> Actually it is a GPIO offset in ACPI tables for Braswell that was
> hardcoded in the old firmware to match the previous (consecutive)
> Linux GPIO numbering.

That's bad practice by the firmware authors. (Sad face)

We have enough problem saving ourselves from our own
legacy ABIs without someone handling out more guns to shoot
oneself in the foot with. :(

I'm also speaking on behalf of Microsoft and others in this I
think. In the past we would find Windowsisms in the BIOSes
and get really annoyed that we had to work around them.
Now there are Linuxisms in the BIOS, that's not any better.

Yours,
Linus Walleij