Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: xilinx: Drop "label" property on dlg,slg7xl45106

[Michal Simek]

On 12/17/25 21:41, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 12/16/25 18:59, Rob Herring (Arm) wrote:
> > > The "label" property is not documented for the dlg,slg7xl45106. Nor is
> > > it common to use for GPIO controllers. So drop it.
> >
> > Correct it is not documented but it is at least used in Linux also by
> > drivers/gpio/gpio-mmio.c:810:   err = device_property_read_string(dev, "label",
> > &label);
> >
> > which is also not documented in DT binding.
>
> It really should be for all GPIO providers or none of them. IMO, it
> should be none of them as we already have "gpio-line-names" which is
> essentially per line labels. I can't see why anyone should care about
> a label for the controller.
>
> > I don't have a problem with it because I can't see it used anywhere.
> >
> > But there are other devices where label is the part of binding. And IMHO this
> > should be more generic property.
>
> "label" is the generic property. Not sure what you are suggesting here.

That schema should allow to define label in every node or some class of devices.

Thanks,
Michal