Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Tue, 17 Mar 2020 09:41:47 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] gpiolib: Add support for gpiochipN-based table lookup |
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Hi Linus,
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:23 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 4:18 PM Geert Uytterhoeven > <geert+renesas@glider.be> wrote: > > > Currently GPIO controllers can only be referred to by label in GPIO > > lookup tables. > > > > Add support for looking them up by "gpiochipN" name, with "N" the > > corresponding GPIO device's ID number. > > > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> > > Reviewed-by: Ulrich Hecht <uli+renesas@fpond.eu> > > Reviewed-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@de.adit-jv.com> > > Tested-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@de.adit-jv.com> > > Just like with patch 2/5 I have the same problem here that > the commit message doesn't state the technical reason why > we need to change this and support the device name in these > tables and not just labels.
As these "gpiochipN" names are not stable, I will drop this patch, and the related support.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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