Re: [PATCH 1/3 v5] gpio: pcf857x: Name instance after dev_name()

[Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 1:52 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 2:58 PM Bartosz Golaszewski
> <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > This makes sense but the i2c names are often not very descriptive. How
> > about adding a DEVID_AUTO/DEVID_NONE like mechanism to GPIO labels?
> > Nvmem has a thing like that precisely because labels can repeat.
>
> Yeah :/ it feels like the subsystem should name the device properly
> though. Like we're solving someone elses problem.
>
> In this case the other patches provides .names in the I2C
> board info so that the dev_name() ends up something
> like "i2c-u2" and "i2c-u15". The u2 and u15 are common
> names for components on a board so from an electronic point
> of view that naming makes for good topology.
>

Right. Alright, Sekhar can I take just this patch and you take the
ones for davinci?

Bart