On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 2:33 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@linux-m68k.org> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 2:20 PM Linus Walleij <linus.wall...@linaro.org> > wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 9:43 AM Geert Uytterhoeven > > <geert+rene...@glider.be> wrote: > > > Currently GPIO controllers can only be referred to by label in GPIO > > > lookup tables. > > > > > > Add support for looking them up by "gpiochipN" name, with "N" either the > > > corresponding GPIO device's ID number, or the GPIO controller's first > > > GPIO number. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+rene...@glider.be> > > > > What the commit message is missing is a rationale, why is this needed? > > Right. To be added: so they can be looked up in the GPIO lookup table > using either the chip's label, or the "gpiochipN" name.
After reading the aggregator/forwarder driver I am not convinced that this is needed at all and I think this patch can be dropped, but check my review and see what you think! Thanks, Linus Walleij
