Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH V2 4/5] gpio: DT: Rephrase "gpios" of hog node to support multiple gpios | From | Stephen Warren <> | Date | Mon, 14 Mar 2016 10:31:15 -0600 |
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On 03/11/2016 06:43 AM, Laxman Dewangan wrote: > The property "gpios" of GPIO hog node support the multiple GPIO entries. > Rephrase the details of this property for this new support. > > Add details of new property "label" for GPIO label name.
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt
> Optional properties: > - line-name: The GPIO label name. If not present the node name is used. > +- label: The GPIO lable name. This can have multiple string for GPIO > + label names to match with the GPIOs in "gpios" properties. > + If line-name is prosent than name is taken from line-name. If > + it is not then the name will be taken from label. If both are > + not available then node name is used for GPIO label name.
Why are there two properties for the same thing? Why not just allow line-name to have multiple entries instead of introducing a new property?
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