From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: johan@kernel.org (Johan Hovold) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 11:24:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 4/9] gpio: Add 'name' to the gpio descriptor struct In-Reply-To: <1437125570-28623-5-git-send-email-mpa@pengutronix.de> References: <1437125570-28623-1-git-send-email-mpa@pengutronix.de> <1437125570-28623-5-git-send-email-mpa@pengutronix.de> Message-ID: <20150728092412.GK28535@localhost> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 11:32:45AM +0200, Markus Pargmann wrote: > The latest gpio hogging mechanism assigns each gpio a 'line-name' in the > devicetree. The 'name' field is different from the 'label' field. > 'label' is only used for requested GPIOs to describe its current use by > driver or userspace. > > The 'name' field describes the GPIO itself, not the use. This is most > likely identical to the label in the schematic on the GPIO line and > should help to find this particular GPIO. You merge this one with whatever patch starts using the name field. Johan