linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 04/10] gpio: swnode: don't use the swnode's name as the key for GPIO lookup

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Message-ID: <aYmDlY1yURae37l5@google.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 22:52:46 -0800
From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...nel.org>
Cc: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>, 
	Linus Walleij <linusw@...nel.org>, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Daniel Scally <djrscally@...il.com>, Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, 
	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>, 
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, 
	Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...nel.org>, patches@...nsource.cirrus.com, 
	Yauhen Kharuzhy <jekhor@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 04/10] gpio: swnode: don't use the swnode's name as
 the key for GPIO lookup

[ resending to the right addresses for Bartosz and Linus ]

On Sun, Feb 08, 2026 at 10:44:45PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 10:13:30AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have an idea for fixing it, let me cook up a patch. It'll still be a
> > > > bit hacky but will at least create a true link.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Scratch that, I didn't notice before but we register both devices from
> > > MFD core. We can just set up software nodes there.
> > >
> > 
> > Here you go: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251119-cs42l43-gpio-swnodes-v1-1-25996afebd97@linaro.org/
> > 
> > Please give it a try. This is independent from this series and should
> > probably be backported to stable.
> 
> So think breaks more drivers:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/aYkdKfP5fg6iywgr@jekhomev/
> 
> I think it may also break:
> 
> arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-nokia770.c
> arch/arm/mach-pxa/devices.c
> arch/arm/mach-pxa/devices.h
> arch/arm/mach-pxa/gumstix.c
> arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa25x.c
> arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa27x.c
> arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c
> arch/arm/mach-tegra/board-paz00.c
> arch/x86/platform/geode/geode-common.c
> drivers/platform/x86/barco-p50-gpio.c
> drivers/platform/x86/pcengines-apuv2.c
> 
> Thanks.
> 

-- 
Dmitry