[PATCH v3 1/4] dt-bindings: gpio: Add bindings for Toshiba Visconti GPIO Controller

Punit Agrawal punit1.agrawal at toshiba.co.jp
Wed Dec 9 22:13:33 EST 2020


Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org> writes:

[...]

>> > +  gpio-ranges: true
>> 
>> I am not sure I have a good handle on the yaml schema definitions but
>> "gpio-ranges" feels like it should be a list of ranges not a boolean.
>> 
>> Something like -
>> 
>>     gpio-ranges:
>>       maxItems: 1
>> 
>> feels more appropriate.
>> 
>> I see both the usages in gpio bindings and for other range properties so
>> maybe it's OK. I hope Rob or somebody more knowledgeable on this can
>> clarify the usage.
>
> If you know how many (or a range) entries there are for gpio-ranges, 
> then maxItems is good. If you don't, then 'gpio-ranges: true' is fine. 
> That doesn't make the property a boolean, but just says the property can 
> be present.

Makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.

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