Re: [PATCH v2] [RFC] dt-bindings: gpio: introduce hog properties with less ambiguity

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 6:54 AM Uwe Kleine-König
<u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> For active low lines the semantic of output-low and output-high is hard
> to grasp because there is a double negation involved and so output-low
> is actually a request to drive the line high (aka inactive).
>
> So introduce output-inactive and output-active with the same semantic as
> output-low and output-high respectively have today, but with a more
> sensible name.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hello,
>
> compared to (implicit) v1, changed to ..asserted from ...active as Linus
> Walleij suggested.

I'm fine to apply this but would prefer if I can apply it back-to-back
with a patch adding support to the kernel.

I know the bindings and the OS should be decoupled in theory
but ... feels better for me.

Yours,
Linus Walleij