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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 1/5] gpiolib: Add support for gpiochipN-based table lookup
    Hi Linus,

    On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:23 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
    > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 4:18 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
    > <geert+renesas@glider.be> wrote:
    >
    > > Currently GPIO controllers can only be referred to by label in GPIO
    > > lookup tables.
    > >
    > > Add support for looking them up by "gpiochipN" name, with "N" the
    > > corresponding GPIO device's ID number.
    > >
    > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
    > > Reviewed-by: Ulrich Hecht <uli+renesas@fpond.eu>
    > > Reviewed-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@de.adit-jv.com>
    > > Tested-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@de.adit-jv.com>
    >
    > Just like with patch 2/5 I have the same problem here that
    > the commit message doesn't state the technical reason why
    > we need to change this and support the device name in these
    > tables and not just labels.

    As these "gpiochipN" names are not stable, I will drop this patch, and
    the related support.

    Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

    Geert


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    Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

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