linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/platform/geode: switch GPIO buttons and LEDs to software properties

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdaj73fJxU_8B8wNB_TffADNbFcQs59p9APd-YvPSzOoUg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 09:38:05 +0200
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>, Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, linux-geode@...ts.infradead.org, 
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/platform/geode: switch GPIO buttons and LEDs to
 software properties

On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 11:46 AM Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com> wrote:

> Ok. I assume this is part of some bigger plan to remove platform_data
> support from either LEDs and/or the GPIO buttons ?

We want to remove any GPIO numbers from ALL platform data,
because we want them out of the kernel completely.
See drivers/gpio/TODO for details.

The large amount of platform data for LEDs and misc input devices
is indeed the bulk of that problem.

Yours,
Linus Walleij