Re: [PATCH v1 0/8] gpio: acpi: Make it working

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Tue Mar 28 2017 - 09:27:07 EST


On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 8:46 PM, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Currently GPIO ACPI library provides an API to get a GPIO resources
> (IO or interrupt) from ACPI tables for the individual drivers.
>
> This library has few flaws which makes some devices not working:
> - the library allows to abuse ACPI by using a _CRS fallback mechanism
> - the library neglects flags of the resource
>
> In this series:
> - the _CRS fallback is forbidden
> - the pin configuration follows what firmware wants to
> - the documentation is updated in order to clarify corner cases
>
> After this series it's possible to use GPIO pins for input (interrupt)
> which were configured as output by BIOS by some reason. It's a crucial
> functionality for IoT open connected boards where user may choose any of
> available pin for almost any of available function, including GPIO input
> (interrupt).
>
> Current bad behaviour was first reported by Jarkko Nikula few months ago.

I see there are some outstanding comments in the patches but it looks
OK overall to me, waiting for a v2 before applying, please collect ACKs
and relevant Tested-by:s.

Yours,
Linus Walleij