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

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Bartosz,

On Wed, 28 Oct 2026 at 10:47, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl at kernel.org> wrote:
> 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

Sort of, but no upstream system needs it, so I don't think it is worth
adding a Fixes tag.
ISTR we used to have GPIO nodes without gpio-ranges on other R-Car
platforms before, when pin control was not yet available, but DTS
history doesn't provide any evidence of that...

> from the rest?

Yes, it can be applied independently.
Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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