Re: [PATCH 0/3] gpiolib: generalize GPIO line names property

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 03:16:42PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 3:12 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 02:01:56PM +0200, Anders Roxell wrote:
> > > On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 18:40, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>
> > > >
> > > > I initially sent this as part of the gpio-mockup overhaul but since
> > > > these patches are indepentent and the work on gpio-mockup may become
> > > > more complicated - I'm sending these separately.
> > > >
> > > > The only change is adding additional property helpers to count strings
> > > > in array.
> > > >
> > > > Bartosz Golaszewski (3):
> > > >   device: property: add helpers to count items in string arrays
> > > >   gpiolib: generalize devprop_gpiochip_set_names() for device properties
> > > >   gpiolib: unexport devprop_gpiochip_set_names()
> >
> > Ha-ha, OF unittest is of_node centric. definitely there is no backed device.
> >
> > Bart, it seems we are stuck with fwnode interface.
> >
> 
> Wait what?! This means the implementation is wrong - the whole concept
> of device properties is to be generic and to hide the underlying
> fwnode or OF properties. If anything we should fix
> device/base/property.c to fall back to OF.
> 
> What is happening exactly? If all fwnode code compiled out?
> 
> I'll try to give it a spin and see what can be done but I don't like
> that device_property_* functions fail if you have OF but not fwnode.

Read my next reply. It seems only OF unittest issue

% git grep -n -w fwnode -- drivers/of/unittest* | wc -l
0
% git grep -n -w fwnode -- drivers/of/ | wc -l
50

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko