[PATCH 0/7] ARM: shmobile: Move gpio ranges from C code to DT

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Linus,

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Linus Walleij
<linus.walleij at linaro.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert+renesas at glider.be> wrote:
>> This patch series moves the setup of the GPIO-PFC pin mapping for
>> Renesas PFC/GPIO combos from C code to DT, and does some cleanups.
>> The move to DT is needed to make the GPIO hogging mechanism work, cfr.
>> the discussion following "[PATCH] [RFC] gpio: Retry deferred GPIO
>> hogging on pin range change" (https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/6/16/455).
>>
>> The series consists of 3 parts:
>>   a. Patches 1-3 add the missing "gpio-ranges" properties to the dtsi
>>      files for all affected SoCs,
>>   b. Patch 4 disables the C code to set up the mapping on DT platforms
>>      (it's still needed on SH or ARM-legacy),
>>   c. Patches 5-7 do a few more cleanups in the sh-pfc gpio code.
>>
>> Dependencies:
>>   - This series applies against next-next-20150630.
>>   - Part a must go in first, to avoid regressions.
>>     In addition, it's a prerequisite for "ARM: shmobile: armadillo800eva
>>     dts: Add pinctrl and gpio-hog for lcdc0", which has been queued up
>>     already in Simon's dt-for-v4.3 branch. Perhaps it can still be
>>     reordered?
>>   - While I didn't notice any bad behavior by having part a only, part b
>>     should go in immediately after part a. Hence I think it's best if
>>     Simon can take this one, too.
>>   - Part c is independent (it doesn't touch the same code), so it can go
>>     in before or after the other parts, or in parallel.
>>
>> Thanks for applying!
>>
>> Geert Uytterhoeven (7):
>>   ARM: shmobile: r8a73a4 dtsi: Add missing "gpio-ranges" to gpio node
>>   ARM: shmobile: r8a7740 dtsi: Add missing "gpio-ranges" to gpio node
>>   ARM: shmobile: sh73a0 dtsi: Add missing "gpio-ranges" to gpio node
>>   pinctrl: sh-pfc: Stop calling gpiochip_add_pin_range() on DT platforms
>>   pinctrl: sh-pfc: Remove empty gpio_function_free()
>>   pinctrl: sh-pfc: Move sh_pfc_add_gpiochip() up
>>   pinctrl: sh-pfc: Confine legacy function GPIOs to SH
>
> I'm happy of shmobile people are happy.

Laurent was mostly worried about the phandle in the "gpio-ranges" property
pointing to the gpio/pfc combo node itself. Do you see any issues with that?

As there were comments on some of the patches, I have to resend this
series anyway...

> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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