linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: aspeed: clemente: add gpio line name to io expander

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Message-ID: <580b0c6d979a69ea0c4590b5d9ba035b417effb8.camel@codeconstruct.com.au>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:40:44 +1030
From: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@...econstruct.com.au>
To: kimi.zy.chen@...-foxconn.com
Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
	linux-aspeed@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	george.kw.lee@...-foxconn.com, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof
 Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Joel
 Stanley <joel@....id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: aspeed: clemente: add gpio line name to io
 expander

On Fri, 2025-11-07 at 00:58 +0800, Kimi Chen via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Kimi Chen <kimi.zy.chen@...-foxconn.com>
> 
> The chassis power cycle process requires a forced shutdown before
> cutting off the standby power. Therefore, SCM CPLD adds a hard shutdown
> host function and triggers it via the IO expander in Clemente platform.
> 
> Thus, a new GPIO line named "hard_shutdown_host" is added to the

Most of the Clemente GPIOs names appear to be styled as net names from
the schematics. Is that the source of this name as well? Or have you
somewhat arbitrarily chosen it? Can you expand on its importance (e.g.
wrt userspace software)?

Andrew