Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] MIPS: BCM47XX: convert buttons to software nodes

From: Arnd Bergmann

Date: Tue Jul 14 2026 - 03:14:53 EST


On Mon, Jul 13, 2026, at 23:58, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> This series converts the legacy gpio-keys platform device on BCM47XX
> boards to use software nodes and static properties.
>
> To do this properly without relying on legacy name-based matching
> (which is being removed from gpiolib), we introduce and register
> software nodes for the underlying GPIO controllers (BCMA and SSB)
> and reference them in the button properties.
>
> The first two patches add the software nodes to bcma-gpio and
> ssb-gpio respectively. The third patch performs the conversion
> for the BCM47XX buttons.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> As Johannes mentioned on v1 this best should go through MIPS tree.

Adding Waldemar to Cc. He has recently done some work to
get this platform working again in FreeWRT and should
be able to test your patches on hardware.

Arnd