[PATCH 1/6] gpiolib-of: Rename gpio_hog functions to be generic

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Mon Aug 10 02:29:58 PDT 2015


On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Markus Pargmann <mpa at pengutronix.de> wrote:

> The gpio hogging functions are currently only used for gpio-hogging. But
> these functions are widely generic ones which parse gpio device nodes in
> the DT.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Pargmann <mpa at pengutronix.de>
(...)
>  /**
> - * of_get_gpio_hog() - Get a GPIO hog descriptor, names and flags for GPIO API
> + * of_parse_gpio() - Get a GPIO hog descriptor, names and flags for GPIO API

It's not a good name, too generic. It could easily be assued this is
for something
wider.

of_parse_own_gpio() or something, indicating that this pertains to the
chip itself and not to outside users, would be better.

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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