Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mfd: timberdale: set up a software node for the GPIO cell

[Lee Jones]

On Mon, 16 Mar 2026, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

> Create a software node with device properties for the GPIO cell and
> attach it to all the GPIO cells.

Could you elaborate a little on the motivation for this change, please?
I assume this is the first step in a larger plan to convert the GPIO
child driver to use device properties and remove the legacy 'platform_data'.
If so, it would be good to state that in the commit message or a cover
letter for the series.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/timberdale.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/timberdale.c b/drivers/mfd/timberdale.c
> index a4d9c070d481a182890a58e4b8c850c4c29f7f17..8d7dfeaa76258d02e50528e39c4f7125d9201388 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/timberdale.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/timberdale.c
> @@ -181,6 +181,18 @@ static struct timbgpio_platform_data
>  	.irq_base = 200,
>  };
>  
> +static const struct property_entry timberdale_gpio_properties[] = {
> +	PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32("ngpios", GPIO_NR_PINS),
> +	PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32("gpio-base", 0),

This appears to introduce a functional change. The existing 'platform_data'
sets 'gpio_base' to -1, which results in dynamic allocation. Hard-coding
a base of 0 here is very likely to cause conflicts.

Should this property be removed to retain the dynamic allocation behaviour?

> +	PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32("irq-base", 200),

This magic number should be defined.

> +	{ }
> +};
> +
> +static const struct software_node timberdale_gpio_swnode = {
> +	.name = "timb-gpio",
> +	.properties = timberdale_gpio_properties,
> +};
> +
>  static const struct resource timberdale_gpio_resources[] = {
>  	{
>  		.start	= GPIOOFFSET,
> @@ -392,6 +404,7 @@ static const struct mfd_cell timberdale_cells_bar0_cfg0[] = {
>  		.resources = timberdale_gpio_resources,
>  		.platform_data = &timberdale_gpio_platform_data,
>  		.pdata_size = sizeof(timberdale_gpio_platform_data),
> +		.swnode = &timberdale_gpio_swnode,
>  	},
>  	{
>  		.name = "timb-video",
> @@ -454,6 +467,7 @@ static const struct mfd_cell timberdale_cells_bar0_cfg1[] = {
>  		.resources = timberdale_gpio_resources,
>  		.platform_data = &timberdale_gpio_platform_data,
>  		.pdata_size = sizeof(timberdale_gpio_platform_data),
> +		.swnode = &timberdale_gpio_swnode,
>  	},
>  	{
>  		.name = "timb-mlogicore",
> @@ -516,6 +530,7 @@ static const struct mfd_cell timberdale_cells_bar0_cfg2[] = {
>  		.resources = timberdale_gpio_resources,
>  		.platform_data = &timberdale_gpio_platform_data,
>  		.pdata_size = sizeof(timberdale_gpio_platform_data),
> +		.swnode = &timberdale_gpio_swnode,
>  	},
>  	{
>  		.name = "timb-video",
> @@ -566,6 +581,7 @@ static const struct mfd_cell timberdale_cells_bar0_cfg3[] = {
>  		.resources = timberdale_gpio_resources,
>  		.platform_data = &timberdale_gpio_platform_data,
>  		.pdata_size = sizeof(timberdale_gpio_platform_data),
> +		.swnode = &timberdale_gpio_swnode,
>  	},
>  	{
>  		.name = "timb-video",
> 
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]