[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] GPIO: Extend the cmd_gpio API by gpio_{from, to}_string()

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

On Monday 14 May 2012 14:25:14 Marek Vasut wrote:
> Dear Mike Frysinger,
> > On Monday 14 May 2012 07:31:35 Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > Dear Mike Frysinger,
> > > > On Tuesday 01 May 2012 16:50:14 Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > The gpio_from_string() call shall parse the incoming GPIO name
> > > > > taken from the command line and return the GPIO number used within
> > > > > U-Boot or return -1 on error.
> > > > 
> > > > i.e. the already existing name_to_gpio() func
> > > 
> > > You mean blackfin specific macro crap? Let's actually drop that and
> > > switch over to this one. That was my intention from start.
> > 
> > don't spout this crap.  try reading the actual history on the lists for
> > the background on the naming, and then try actually grepping the tree to
> > see that multiple targets implement it.
> 
> Can you point me to something? This is the result of git grep, so I odn't
> see it used at all.
> 
> arch/blackfin/include/asm/gpio.h:static inline int name_to_gpio(const char
> *name)
> arch/blackfin/include/asm/gpio.h:#define name_to_gpio(n) name_to_gpio(n)
> common/cmd_gpio.c:#ifndef name_to_gpio
> common/cmd_gpio.c:#define name_to_gpio(name) simple_strtoul(name, NULL, 10)
> common/cmd_gpio.c:      return name_to_gpio(name);

seems like the patches posted and i've been through haven't been merged.  
gpio_status() is the only one to gain wider support.

the naming style however has been discussed on list and wasn't pulled out of 
nowhere.  it follows the Linux GPIO API conventions whereas your proposed 
naming does not.

> > > > > The gpio_to_string() on the other hand allows nicer reporting of
> > > > > GPIO name in the output of cmd_gpio.
> > > > 
> > > > i don't see the value in this.  we already have the string name from
> > > > the
> > > > 
> > > > user, so all you've implemented is:
> > > > 	gpio_to_string(gpio_from_string(argv[]))
> > > > 
> > > > at which point, argv[] works fine.
> > > 
> > > This allows for taking multiple different inputs, while reporting one
> > > unified output.
> > 
> > sounds like unnecessary bloat
> 
> Now you're spouting crap, it makes sense to be able to report the name
> consistently.

except the output is for user's eyes only and doesn't make a lick of a 
difference to runtime behavior.  either they know the GPIO # (because they 
looked it up), or they're using the friendly name (which came from a 
datasheet).  in either case, things continue to work regardless of the input.  
the "value add" here doesn't justify the overhead imo.
-mike
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