Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: ath9k: Obtain system GPIOS from descriptors

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>]

Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> writes:

> The ath9k has an odd use of system-wide GPIOs: if the chip
> does not have internal GPIO capability, it will try to obtain a
> GPIO line from the system GPIO controller:
>
>   if (BIT(gpio) & ah->caps.gpio_mask)
>         ath9k_hw_gpio_cfg_wmac(...);
>   else if (AR_SREV_SOC(ah))
>         ath9k_hw_gpio_cfg_soc(ah, gpio, out, label);
>
> Where ath9k_hw_gpio_cfg_soc() will attempt to issue
> gpio_request_one() passing the local GPIO number of the controller
> (0..31) to gpio_request_one().
>
> This is somewhat peculiar and possibly even dangerous: there is
> nowadays no guarantee of the numbering of these system-wide
> GPIOs, and assuming that GPIO 0..31 as used by ath9k would
> correspond to GPIOs 0..31 on the system as a whole seems a bit
> wild.
>
> Register all 32 GPIOs at index 0..31 directly in the ATH79K
> GPIO driver and associate with WIFI if and only if we are probing
> ATH79K wifi from the AHB bus (used for SoCs).
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Define all the descriptors directly in the ATH79K
>   GPIO driver in case the driver want to request them directly.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240131-descriptors-wireless-v1-0-e1c7c5d68746@linaro.org

Linus, via which tree should this go?

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