Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: pisosr: read ngpios as U32

[Stefano Manni <stefano.manni@gmail.com>]

On lun, ago 11 2025 at 09:56:51 +02:00:00, Bartosz Golaszewski 
<brgl@bgdev.pl> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM Stefano Manni 
> <stefano.manni@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>  If of_property_read_u16() is used instead the value read
>>  is always zero.
>> 
> 
> Please state more clearly what the problem is. This sentence is quite 
> garbled,


the value returned by of_property_read_u16() is always zero, if 
of_property_read_u32()
is used instead , then the returned value is the right one contained in 
the dts.


> 
>>  Signed-off-by: Stefano Manni <stefano.manni@gmail.com>
>>  ---
>>   drivers/gpio/gpio-pisosr.c | 6 +++++-
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>>  diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pisosr.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pisosr.c
>>  index a69b74866a13..2dc1b1e021d2 100644
>>  --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pisosr.c
>>  +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pisosr.c
>>  @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static int pisosr_gpio_probe(struct spi_device 
>> *spi)
>>   {
>>          struct device *dev = &spi->dev;
>>          struct pisosr_gpio *gpio;
>>  +       unsigned int ngpio;
>>          int ret;
>> 
>>          gpio = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*gpio), GFP_KERNEL);
>>  @@ -125,8 +126,11 @@ static int pisosr_gpio_probe(struct spi_device 
>> *spi)
>> 
>>          gpio->chip = template_chip;
>>          gpio->chip.parent = dev;
>>  -       of_property_read_u16(dev->of_node, "ngpios", 
>> &gpio->chip.ngpio);
>> 
>>  +       if (of_property_read_u32(dev->of_node, "ngpios", &ngpio))
>>  +               ngpio = DEFAULT_NGPIO;
>>  +
> 
> If you're touching this, can you switch to using generic device
> properties instead?
> 

what do you mean with "generic device properties"?

Best,
Stefano
>>