[PATCH 1/2] ls2080a/dts: Add little endian property for GPIO IP block
Linus Walleij
linus.walleij at linaro.org
Mon Nov 16 07:11:32 PST 2015
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Liu Gang <Gang.Liu at freescale.com> wrote:
> The GPIO block for ls2080a platform has little endian registers,
> the GPIO driver needs this property to read/write registers by
> right interface.
>
> Signed-off-by: Liu Gang <Gang.Liu at freescale.com>
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.txt
> index f2455c5..c836dab 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.txt
> @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Required properties:
> the second cell is used to specify the gpio polarity:
> 0 = active high
> 1 = active low
> +- little-endian : Should be set if the GPIO has little endian
> + registers. No the property means the GPIO
> + registers are big endian mode.
That is a very generic binding and I would like the devicetree
maintainers to say something about this.
I would be OK if this is specified for *all* gpiochips in
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt
or even higher up in the desriptions.
Just for Freescale seems a bit too local.
Yours,
Linus Walleij
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