[PATCH 1/7] gpio: rcar: Convert to gpiochip_generic_{request,free}()

Bartosz Golaszewski brgl at kernel.org
Wed Oct 28 02:47:13 PDT 2026


On Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:50:39 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas at glider.be> said:
> When a gpio device node has no gpio-ranges property,
> pinctrl_gpio_request() returns -EPROBE_DEFER and its GPIOs are unusable.
>
> Restore the ability to use GPIOs before pin control support is added by
> using the gpiolib helpers instead, which cater for this use case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
> ---

This sound like a fix? Can you add the Fixes tag? Is this patch independent
from the rest?

Bart



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