[PATCH 4/7] gpiolib: of: add a quirk for reset line for Marvell NFC controller

Daniel Thompson daniel.thompson at linaro.org
Wed Oct 12 11:50:49 PDT 2022


On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 11:45:02AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 11:29:02AM +0100, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 03:19:32PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > The controller is using non-standard "reset-n-io" name for its reset
> > > gpio property, whereas gpiod API expects "<name>-gpios". Add a quirk
> > > so that gpiod API will still work on unmodified DTSes.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov at gmail.com>
> >
> > How/when has/will the DT bindings documentation for this hardware be
> > updated to describe the new bindings?
> >
> > Delivering the quirks ahead of driver updates is great for avoiding
> > merge conflicts but it also conceals the rename from reviewers so
> > risks neglecting to update the bindings.
>
> I was planning on sending binding updates once driver patches land.

I'd have a (weak) preference for them being shared in the same patchset.
Maintainers can either ack or the changes can land seperately but
having them in the same patchset helps avoid having to quibble or check!


Daniel.



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