Re: [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: gpio: Add gpio-latch binding document

From: Sascha Hauer
Date: Thu Sep 01 2022 - 03:53:55 EST


On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 02:40:13PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 4:40 PM Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > Hm I wanted to just call these "gpios" but that is maybe confusing.
> > > What about "latch-gpios"?
> >
> > Hm, the clk input is used to latch the current state of the inputs to
> > the outputs, so "latch-gpios" might even be confused with the GPIO
> > routed to the clk unput of the latch. Overall, the whole thing is a
> > latch, so "latch-gpios" doesn't sound like a good name to distinguish
> > the different types of inputs of a latch. I still like data-gpios best
> > as these lines are described as "Data inputs" in my 74273 data sheet.
>
> How about "latched-gpios" (notice the "d")

Fine with me.

Sascha

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