Re: [PATCH v1 02/11] drm/tegra: switch to using devm_fwnode_gpiod_get

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 9:37 PM Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 01:57:01PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 9:32 AM Dmitry Torokhov
> > <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > I would like to limit (or maybe even remove) use of
> > > [devm_]gpiod_get_from_of_node in drivers so that gpiolib can be cleaned
> > > a bit, so let's switch to the generic device property API.
> >
> > > It may even
> > > help with handling secondary fwnodes when gpiolib is taught to handle
> > > gpios described by swnodes.
> >
> > I would remove this sentence from all commit messages since it's a
> > debatable thing and might even not happen, so the above is a pure
> > speculation.
>
> I have the patches. Granted, I had them since '19 ;) but I'm rebasing
> them and going to push them. I need them to convert bunch of input
> drivers away from platform data.

That's good news!

Are you referring to this patch set mentioned in a discussion
from 2017 thru 2020?
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-input/20200826161222.GA1665100@dtor-ws/

I put aside GPIO descriptor conversion for input devices (keys, buttons)
in board files anticipating a swnode mechanism.

Yours,
Linus Walleij