On 26/04/21 11:31, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 10:44 AM Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On 20/07/20 10:17, Linus Walleij wrote: >>> IIUC Rodolfo's idea is to provide this with a DT compatible. >>> The use case will be industrial automation-ish tasks from userspace. >>> >>> Currently the only mechanism we have in the device tree to >>> assign a use for a line is the "gpio-line-names" property, >>> which creates a name that is reported upward to the character >>> device. >>> >>> Rodolfo's patch is for scripting use cases, assigning some lines >>> for some cases to be handled by scripts, not the character device. >>> >>> What I am a bit worried about is if this would be a Linuxism, as DT >>> should be OS neutral. >> >> Hello Linus, >> >> I'm currently using my solution for GPIOs management as input or output lines >> described in the DT on several systems. >> >> Are you re-thinking about this topic? Can we go further for inclusion or should >> I continue doing out-of-tree? :( > > It is a system description question, and I think you will need to discuss it > on the devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing list. > > The people there are working with things like the system device tree which > is intended to describe aspects of a system apart from what Linux or > any operating system is doing with the hardware. That sounds great to me! :-) > I would send an RFC of the proposed DT bindings there. I agree. Please, let me know if you need some help. Ciao, Rodolfo -- GNU/Linux Solutions e-mail: giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx Linux Device Driver giometti@xxxxxxxx Embedded Systems phone: +39 349 2432127 UNIX programming skype: rodolfo.giometti
