Re: [PATCH v2] gpiolib: add hogs support for machine code

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>]

2018-04-26 14:07 GMT+02:00 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 10:30 PM, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Board files constitute a significant part of the users of the legacy
>> GPIO framework. In many cases they only export a line and set its
>> desired value. We could use GPIO hogs for that like we do for DT and
>> ACPI but there's no support for that in machine code.
>>
>> This patch proposes to extend the machine.h API with support for
>> registering hog tables in board files.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v1 -> v2:
>> - kbuild bot complains about enum gpiod_flags having incomplete type
>>   although it builds fine for me locally: change the type of dflags
>>   to int
>
> I like the idea and thinking behind this patch, so patch applied.
>
> It's a bit of code to carry, so if it doesn't see any use, I will simply
> revert it :)
>
> But I bet you intend to follow up with some machine patches
> and then it is immediately worth it.

Yes, I'll be submitting patches removing the legacy gpio calls for
boards in mach-davinci.

Thanks,
Bartosz
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