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SubjectRe: [PATCH] gpio: better lookup method for platform GPIOs
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 03:45:37PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com> wrote:
>
> > Change the format of the platform GPIO lookup tables to make them less
> > confusing and improve lookup efficiency.
> >
> > The previous format was a single linked-list that required to compare
> > the device name and function ID of every single GPIO defined for each
> > lookup. Switch that to a list of per-device tables, so that the lookup
> > can be done in two steps, omitting the GPIOs that are not relevant for a
> > particular device.
> >
> > The matching rules are now defined as follows:
> > - The device name must match *exactly*, and can be NULL for GPIOs not
> > assigned to a particular device,
> > - If the function ID in the lookup table is NULL, the con_id argument of
> > gpiod_get() will not be used for lookup. However, if it is defined, it
> > must match exactly.
> > - The index must always match.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
> > ---
> > Let's change this bad design before more users start using it. ;)
>
> OK given that Mika has based his patches on this I'll request
> that he ACK this and then I'll merge this so that he can put
> this patch at the bottom of his patch stack.
>
> Mika: requesting ACK.

Alexandre, please check Andy's comments.

Apart from that this looks good to me.

Acked-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>


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