Re: [PATCH v2] regulator: gpio: Correct default GPIO state to LOW

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Hi Mark,

On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 3:15 PM Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 11:49:51AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > According to the GPIO regulator DT bindings[1], the default GPIO state
> > is LOW.  However, the driver defaults to HIGH.
>
> > Before the conversion to descriptors in commit d6cd33ad71029a3f
> > ("regulator: gpio: Convert to use descriptors"), the default state used
> > by the driver was rather ill-defined, too:
>
> That was 4 years ago...
>
> > I have no idea if this has any impact.
> > I guess most/all DTS files have proper gpios-states properties?
>
> That seems optimistic, and a grep in mainline shows some users but not
> really as many as I'd intuitively expect.
>
> > -                     /* Default to high per specification */
> > +                     /* Default to low per specification */
> >                       if (ret)
> > -                             config->gflags[i] = GPIOD_OUT_HIGH;
> > +                             config->gflags[i] = GPIOD_OUT_LOW;
> >                       else
>
> The risk here is that we start glitching the power where previously we
> didn't.  This does make me nervous.

/me too

The alternative is to change the GPIO regulator DT bindings document
to match the code...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
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In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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                                -- Linus Torvalds





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