[PATCH RFC 0/9] gpio: improve support for shared GPIOs

[Srinivas Kandagatla]

On 10/6/25 1:19 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 02:31:16PM +0100, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> 
>> Isn't the main issue here is about not using a correct framework around
>> to the gpios that driver uses. ex: the codec usecase that you are
>> refering in this is using gpio to reset the line, instead of using a
>> proper gpio-reset control. same with some of the gpio-muxes. the problem
>> is fixed once such direct users of gpio are move their correct frameworks.
> 
> It's common to have GPIO controls for other things, mutes for example.
Ofcourse, but this aggregation logic which is specific to the use-case
should not live in gpio subsystem which makes the whole solution fragile
and abused.