linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] dt-bindings: mtd: Rewrite gpio-control-nand in schema

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Message-ID: <20231108191125.GA2754195-robh@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 8 Nov 2023 13:11:25 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
        Janusz Krzysztofik <jmkrzyszt@...il.com>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        Howard Harte <hharte@...icandroidapps.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] dt-bindings: mtd: Rewrite gpio-control-nand in schema

On Wed, Nov 08, 2023 at 03:33:50PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> This creates a schema for GPIO controlled NAND. The txt
> schema was old and wrong.
> 
> Mark the old way of passing GPIOs in a long array as
> deprecated and encourage per-pin GPIO assignments with
> the named nnn-gpios phandles.

We have 1 user upstream with only a single commit adding it in 2017. 
This doesn't seem like something that's going to gain new users either. 
Is it really worth modernizing this binding? 

Rob