Re: [PATCH 1/1 RFC] gpio: Pass GPIO label down to gpiod_request when using get_gpiod_from_child

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Alexander Stein
<alexander.stein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Currently all users of fwnode_get_named_gpiod() have no way to specify a
> label for the GPIO. So GPIOs listed in debugfs are shown with label "?".
> With this change a proper label is used.
> Also adjust all users so they can pass a label, properly retrieved from
> device tree properties.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This patchset addresses the problem described in
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-leds/msg07233.html
>
> I can only verify leds-gpio usage, but changes to gpio_keys_polled and
> amba-clcd-nomadik seem pretty straight forward.

I I like this, I have been annoyed by this too. Thank you for
looking into this.

> If this is the right thing to do, I need to know who I shall CC for
> patch approval.

I can simply test and merge the CLCD patch myself.

Ideally I'd like Dmitry Torokhov to ACK the input patch
and Jacek to ACK the LEDs patch and I will merge it.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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