Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Add support for software nodes to gpiolib

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>]

On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 8:30 PM Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This series attempts to add support for software nodes to gpiolib, using
> software node references. This allows us to convert more drivers to the
> generic device properties and drop support for custom platform data.
>
> To describe a GPIO via software nodes we can create the following data
> items:
>
> /* Node representing the GPIO controller/GPIO bank */
> static const struct software_node gpio_bank_b_node = {
>         .name = "B",
> };
>
> /*
>  * Properties that will be assigned to a software node assigned to
>  * the device that used platform data.
>  */
> static const struct property_entry simone_key_enter_props[] = {
>         PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32("linux,code", KEY_ENTER),
>         PROPERTY_ENTRY_STRING("label", "enter"),
>         PROPERTY_ENTRY_REF("gpios", &gpio_bank_b_node, 123, GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW),
>         { }
> };
>
> The code in gpiolib handling software nodes uses the name in the
> software node representing GPIO controller to locate the actual instance
> of GPIO controller.
>
> To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
> To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>
> To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Addressed more Andy's comments
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221031-gpiolib-swnode-v2-0-81f55af5fa0e@gmail.com
>
> Changes in v2:
> - reworked the series to be independent of other in-flight patches.
>   That meant keeping devm_gpiod_get_from_of_node() for now.
> - removed handling of secondary nodes, it deserves a separate patch
>   series
> - fixed refcounting when handling swnodes (Andy)
> - added include/linux/gpio/property.h with PROPERTY_ENTRY_GPIO (Andy)
> - addressed most of the rest of Andy's comments
> - collected reviewed-by and acked-by
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221031-gpiolib-swnode-v1-0-a0ab48d229c7@gmail.com
>
> ---
> Dmitry Torokhov (6):
>       gpiolib: of: change of_find_gpio() to accept device node
>       gpiolib: acpi: change acpi_find_gpio() to accept firmware node
>       gpiolib: acpi: teach acpi_find_gpio() to handle data-only nodes
>       gpiolib: acpi: avoid leaking ACPI details into upper gpiolib layers
>       gpiolib: consolidate GPIO lookups
>       gpiolib: add support for software nodes
>
>  drivers/gpio/Makefile         |   1 +
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c   | 132 +++++++++++++++-----------
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.h   |  54 +----------
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c     |   7 +-
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.h     |   4 +-
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.c | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.h |  14 +++
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c        | 209 ++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  include/linux/gpio/property.h |  11 +++
>  9 files changed, 315 insertions(+), 240 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: b6fc3fddade7a194bd141a49f2689e50f796ef46
> change-id: 20221031-gpiolib-swnode-948203f49b23
>
> --
> Dmitry
>

Hi Dmitry,

What are the prerequisites of this series as it doesn't apply to my
gpio/for-next branch?

Bart