Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] gpiolib: Add support for gpiochipN-based table lookup

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] gpiolib: Add support for gpiochipN-based table lookup
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 09:41:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVM=F_p0L24shstWbQSur7JJ6irVBiugxxqKsky0hxdAg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACRpkdZGKB9opaOFT8Yz-tfE9vcCVeF9EvvBi7jWWuAAh3C_FA@mail.gmail.com>

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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