From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.9]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 389B42FFFB8; Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:19:57 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.9 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770974399; cv=none; b=TaRAT/EMJWyRQYXjft2ShjChYZ4w/JAbGOQ7zOP+jRVBk8V4B9agtcIwsZR+8atlGGFEQ196VynrNh0lYF7ipYAjGHKVRGSfBwT3mXPUdFn5TG5FTY/rkGKvEJggtZMXYuaewkn/JtMMI7QZlcIQM8NSdhjcCx1j+2cOhEy5I7A= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770974399; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Y2hchohN3cTkmRFpVp0vUZiOMlHytaPcUAUD9bWoJTw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=RzcIR8mhXOXCvl4eWn9826EKGzdR125EYb7SkgYlgbEZZWi0ZOZVmDtAF8D5D+k2tt6APPmI5LKGD97jsOWtaP4JZ/M68PrlY70b7En0EU6wHchx+dEHYvVmjArjjI5lwARhmmesAv1fVC0INa/tRjgoVtnZKl21tDZctEZbWWE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b=BdYiSqak; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.9 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="BdYiSqak" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1770974398; x=1802510398; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:in-reply-to; bh=Y2hchohN3cTkmRFpVp0vUZiOMlHytaPcUAUD9bWoJTw=; b=BdYiSqaklk2C2Mgk3X5uLX/uSjl+p0j+Qqui172Qur1nsN2drsDHOZVO QO0AmozxolvfFtlqyQG2g5YU8Iy7gtvMIKrIYWnm+CxCZrhHsgqBs6T1H 9R46j7B2teJIk3VUkb/oJ/0T4qJW/hxeLB2u5r5tkIamUejRgo+C9Nwep X8asky8mL0pmG6GiEyKyHgKmsdAeukMzmav+gBLQgYeYYzYqJmAXtUCiF DpJ+++ez4ZpBQ3pJbQPVVkKQj7SRmCsug3ezhbMUcYr59HpyZpYLXwlI1 zjNEwSFIMR/ayaUiP+S50UJfqNyHBlKDu9kU1O3GtFuKwl0A7uZZmsilX g==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: Z6k7UVYJSRO+RHzktIH5/A== X-CSE-MsgGUID: NIvndn2NQqm2jTBV67tqvw== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11699"; a="82880801" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,288,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="82880801" Received: from orviesa005.jf.intel.com ([10.64.159.145]) by fmvoesa103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 13 Feb 2026 01:19:57 -0800 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: p3P88L1ZS5+HFI1895hgdA== X-CSE-MsgGUID: vG/kk29hR5mpf+phcr4XBw== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,288,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="217845055" Received: from pgcooper-mobl3.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO localhost) ([10.245.245.242]) by orviesa005-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 13 Feb 2026 01:19:54 -0800 Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:19:52 +0200 From: Andy Shevchenko To: Bartosz Golaszewski Cc: Peter Tyser , Lee Jones , Hans de Goede , Ilpo =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E4rvinen?= , Dmitry Torokhov , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, brgl@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] platform/x86: meraki-mx100: create and use real software node links Message-ID: References: <20260213-meraki-swnodes-v1-0-8e032693456c@oss.qualcomm.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260213-meraki-swnodes-v1-0-8e032693456c@oss.qualcomm.com> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - c/o Alberga Business Park, 6 krs, Bertel Jungin Aukio 5, 02600 Espoo On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 09:25:23AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote: > Meraki-mx100 is one of the GPIOLIB users that abuses the software node > API by setting up a dummy software node without any logical link to the > GPIO controller it wants to use and uses the fact that the GPIO core > matches the controller's label against the swnode's name to make the > lookup work. > > We want to remove this behavior from GPIOLIB in favor of actual matching > of firmware nodes but that would break this user. This series creates > a real software node in the MFD driver and references it from the meraki > driver. Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko > This can be done in two patches and stay bisectable as the software > nodes, despite having the same name, will have different parents so > there are no kobject issues. > > Merging: this should probably be acked by Hans or Ilpo and go through > the MFD tree for v7.1. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko