Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] pinctrl: mcp23s08: work around GPIO line naming

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Jan,

On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 14:31:02 +0100
Jan Kundrát <jan.kundrat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +Line naming
> +===========
> +
> +Because several gpio_chip instances are hidden below a single device tree

Mentioning a Linux specific data structure (gpio_chip here) in a Device
Tree binding documentation does not seem like a good idea. Bindings are
supposed to be OS-agnostic.

Also, this DT binding patch is not Cc'ed to the DT binding maintainers
and mailing list.

Best regards,

Thomas
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