Re: [PATCH] gpio: swnode: restore the swnode-name-against-chip-label matching

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 10:48:06AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> Using the remote firmware node for software node lookup is the right
> thing to do. The GPIO controller we want to resolve should have the
> software node we scooped out of the reference attached to it. However,
> there are existing users who abuse the software node API by creating
> dummy swnodes whose name is set to the expected label string of the GPIO
> controller whose pins they want to control and use them in their local
> swnode references as GPIO properties.
> 
> This used to work when we compared the software node's name to the
> chip's label. When we switched to using a real fwnode lookup, these
> users broke down because the firmware nodes in question were never
> attached to the controllers they were looking for.
> 
> Restore the label matching as a fallback to fix the broken users but add
> a big FIXME urging for a better solution.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aYmV5Axyfo76D19T@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Should be

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aYkdKfP5fg6iywgr@jekhomev/

Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko