Re: [PATCH] gpio: Add Intel Granite Rapids-D vGPIO driver

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 4:43 PM Aapo Vienamo
<aapo.vienamo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Can you rename this:
> > gnr_gpio_configure_direction()?
>
> I do agree that the pad part of the name maybe isn't the best, though
> this function isn't just for direction control, since it's used for
> setting the pin output state as well in gnr_gpio_set(). The idea is that
> locking and masking of the register accesses is factored out of the gpio
> callbacks and implemented in this function.
>
> Maybe gnr_gpio_configure_pin()?

gnr_gpio_configure_line() in that case, it clearly isn't a pin since it is
virtual and for that reason called *v*GPIO, right? Pins are a very
physical thing. It's that kind of confusion I want to avoid in naming.

Yours,
Linus Walleij