Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] gpio: mockup: Adjust documentation to the code

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Tue Mar 16 2021 - 08:30:42 EST


On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 5:59 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> First of all one of the parameter missed 'mockup' in its name,
> Second, the semantics of the integer pairs depends on the sign
> of the base (the first value in the pair).
>
> Update documentation to reflect the real code behaviour.
>
> Fixes: 2fd1abe99e5f ("Documentation: gpio: add documentation for gpio-mockup")
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-mockup.rst | 11 ++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-mockup.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-mockup.rst
> index 9fa1618b3adc..493071da1738 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-mockup.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-mockup.rst
> @@ -17,17 +17,18 @@ module.
> gpio_mockup_ranges
>
> This parameter takes an argument in the form of an array of integer
> - pairs. Each pair defines the base GPIO number (if any) and the number
> - of lines exposed by the chip. If the base GPIO is -1, the gpiolib
> - will assign it automatically.
> + pairs. Each pair defines the base GPIO number (non-negative integer)
> + and the first number after the last of this chip. If the base GPIO
> + is -1, the gpiolib will assign it automatically. while the following
> + parameter is the number of lines exposed by the chip.
>
> - Example: gpio_mockup_ranges=-1,8,-1,16,405,4
> + Example: gpio_mockup_ranges=-1,8,-1,16,405,409
>
> The line above creates three chips. The first one will expose 8 lines,
> the second 16 and the third 4. The base GPIO for the third chip is set
> to 405 while for two first chips it will be assigned automatically.
>
> - gpio_named_lines
> + gpio_mockup_named_lines
>
> This parameter doesn't take any arguments. It lets the driver know that
> GPIO lines exposed by it should be named.
> --
> 2.30.2
>

Applied, thanks!

Bartosz