[PATCH net-next 2/2] drivers: net: dsa: mt7530: MT7530 optional GPIO support

[Russell King - ARM Linux admin]

On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 09:40:00PM +0800, DENG Qingfang wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 7:04 PM Russell King - ARM Linux admin
> <linux at armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > FYI, Documentation/driver-api/gpio/consumer.rst says:
> >
> >   For output GPIOs, the value provided becomes the initial output value.
> >   This helps avoid signal glitching during system startup.
> >
> > Setting the pin to be an output, and then setting its initial value
> > does not avoid the glitch. You may wish to investigate whether you
> > can set the value before setting the pin as an output to avoid this
> > issue.
> >
> 
> So, setting the Output Enable bit _after_ setting the direction and
> initial value should avoid this issue. Right?

It depends on the hardware. I don't know how your hardware works, so
I can't say whether doing anything will result in correct behaviour,
or even work.

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