Re: [PATCH 02/10] dt-bindings: gpio: pca95xx: Document Kinetic KTS1622

From: Bartosz Golaszewski

Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 04:18:53 EST


On Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:59:31 +0200, Marek Vasut <marex@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> The Kinetic Technologies KTS1622 is a 16-bit general-purpose I/O
> expander via the I2C bus for microcontrollers when additional I/Os
> are needed while keeping interconnections to the minimum. Datasheet
> comparison suggests that it is compatible with TCAL6416, add the
> compatible string and TCAL6416 as a fallback compatible.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Conor Dooley <conor+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-gpio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-stm32@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-pca95xx.yaml | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-pca95xx.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-pca95xx.yaml
> index 4f955f855e1ab..4631388a7d914 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-pca95xx.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-pca95xx.yaml
> @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ properties:
> - items:
> - const: diodes,pi4ioe5v6534q
> - const: nxp,pcal6534
> + - items:
> + - const: kinetic,kts1622
> + - const: ti,tcal6416
> - items:
> - enum:
> - exar,xra1202
> --
> 2.53.0
>
>

Hi Konstantin!

I applied this patch with b4 and tried to generate the .thanks email. It failed
like so:

$ b4 ty -all
Auto-thankanating commits in gpio/for-next
Found 9 of your commits since 1.week
Calculating patch hashes, may take a moment...
Located: [PATCH 00/10] arm64: dts: st: Add support for DH
electronics STM32MP23xx/STM32MP25xx DHCOS SoM and Breakout Board and
DHSBC
---
Generating 1 thank-you letters
Writing: ./marex_nabladev_com_patch_00_10_arm64_dts_st_add_support_for_dh_electronics_stm32mp23xx_stm32mp25xx_dhcos_som_and_breakout_board_and_dhsbc.thanks
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/b4", line 8, in <module>
sys.exit(cmd())
~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/b4/command.py", line 417, in cmd
cmdargs.func(cmdargs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/b4/command.py", line 113, in cmd_ty
b4.ty.main(cmdargs)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/b4/ty.py", line 681, in main
auto_thankanator(cmdargs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/b4/ty.py", line 386, in auto_thankanator
send_messages(applied, wantbranch, cmdargs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/b4/ty.py", line 452, in send_messages
with open(outfile, 'wb') as fh:
~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
OSError: [Errno 36] File name too long:
'./marex_nabladev_com_patch_00_10_arm64_dts_st_add_support_for_dh_electronics_stm32mp23xx_stm32mp25xx_dhcos_som_and_breakout_board_and_dhsbc.thanks'

The name is under the 255 byte limit, is this a b4 bug/limitation?

Thanks,
Bart