linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 3/4] mfd: intel_quark_i2c_gpio: Convert GPIO to use software nodes

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Date:   Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:38:15 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hoan Tran <hoan@...amperecomputing.com>,
        Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/4] mfd: intel_quark_i2c_gpio: Convert GPIO to use
 software nodes

On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 2:54 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> The driver can provide a software node group instead of
> passing legacy platform data. This will allow to drop
> the legacy platform data structures along with unifying
> a child device driver to use same interface for all
> property providers, i.e. Device Tree, ACPI, and board files.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

This is really nice, I wish I knew better how to use this mechanism
myself, so I need to practice.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij