Re: [PATCH v6 4/9] gpio: aggregator: introduce basic configfs interface

From: Koichiro Den
Date: Fri Mar 21 2025 - 08:59:17 EST


On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 01:42:49PM GMT, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM Koichiro Den <koichiro.den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Actually I wasn't aware of [1]. So let me summarize: does this match what
> > you have in mind?
> >
> > Before this patch series:
> > * forwarder: gpiochip_fwd_* + gpio_fwd_*
> > * sysfs interface: new_device/delete_device + aggr_*
> > * platform device: gpio_aggregator_*
> > * module init/exit: gpio_aggregator_*
> >
> > After this patch series:
> > * common utils: gpio_aggregator_*
> > * forwarder: gpio_forwarder_*
>
> Best don't change it in this series unless you touch the code. If you
> do, then yes, gpio_forwarder_ works.

This patch series does not touch GPIO forwarder code, while touching all
the other things to some extent. Ok, I won't change prefixes for forwarder
codes.

>
> > * configfs: gpio_aggregator_*
> > * sysfs interface: new_device/delete_device <-- _Unchanged_
>
> Do change this one to also use the gpio_aggregator_ prefix.

Alright, so what you want is: everything except GPIO forwarder code should
be prefixed with gpio_aggregator_ (perhaps except for some small exceptions
e.g. to_gpio_aggregator()), right?

Thanks,

Koichiro

>
> > * platform device: gpio_aggregator_* <-- _Unchanged_
> > * module init/exit: gpio_aggregator_* <-- _Unchanged_
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Koichiro
> >
> > >
> > > Bartosz
> > >
> > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250317-aaeon-up-board-pinctrl-support-v2-0-36126e30aa62@xxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Bartosz