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Mon, 12 Feb 2024 05:38:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 14:38:27 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: auxdisplay: hit, hd44780: drop redundant GPIO node Content-Language: en-US To: Ralf Schlatterbeck Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Linus Walleij , Miguel Ojeda , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Robin van der Gracht , Paul Burton , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andy Shevchenko References: <20240212083426.26757-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> <2922eece-5486-4eff-af99-f7060cb61d17@linaro.org> <20240212115837.efz73yxinkysdmgh@runtux.com> From: Krzysztof Kozlowski Autocrypt: addr=krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org; keydata= xsFNBFVDQq4BEAC6KeLOfFsAvFMBsrCrJ2bCalhPv5+KQF2PS2+iwZI8BpRZoV+Bd5kWvN79 cFgcqTTuNHjAvxtUG8pQgGTHAObYs6xeYJtjUH0ZX6ndJ33FJYf5V3yXqqjcZ30FgHzJCFUu JMp7PSyMPzpUXfU12yfcRYVEMQrmplNZssmYhiTeVicuOOypWugZKVLGNm0IweVCaZ/DJDIH gNbpvVwjcKYrx85m9cBVEBUGaQP6AT7qlVCkrf50v8bofSIyVa2xmubbAwwFA1oxoOusjPIE J3iadrwpFvsZjF5uHAKS+7wHLoW9hVzOnLbX6ajk5Hf8Pb1m+VH/E8bPBNNYKkfTtypTDUCj NYcd27tjnXfG+SDs/EXNUAIRefCyvaRG7oRYF3Ec+2RgQDRnmmjCjoQNbFrJvJkFHlPeHaeS BosGY+XWKydnmsfY7SSnjAzLUGAFhLd/XDVpb1Een2XucPpKvt9ORF+48gy12FA5GduRLhQU vK4tU7ojoem/G23PcowM1CwPurC8sAVsQb9KmwTGh7rVz3ks3w/zfGBy3+WmLg++C2Wct6nM Pd8/6CBVjEWqD06/RjI2AnjIq5fSEH/BIfXXfC68nMp9BZoy3So4ZsbOlBmtAPvMYX6U8VwD TNeBxJu5Ex0Izf1NV9CzC3nNaFUYOY8KfN01X5SExAoVTr09ewARAQABzTRLcnp5c3p0b2Yg S296bG93c2tpIDxrcnp5c3p0b2Yua296bG93c2tpQGxpbmFyby5vcmc+wsGUBBMBCgA+FiEE m9B+DgxR+NWWd7dUG5NDfTtBYpsFAmI+BxMCGwMFCRRfreEFCwkIBwIGFQoJCAsCBBYCAwEC HgECF4AACgkQG5NDfTtBYptgbhAAjAGunRoOTduBeC7V6GGOQMYIT5n3OuDSzG1oZyM4kyvO XeodvvYv49/ng473E8ZFhXfrre+c1olbr1A8pnz9vKVQs9JGVa6wwr/6ddH7/yvcaCQnHRPK mnXyP2BViBlyDWQ71UC3N12YCoHE2cVmfrn4JeyK/gHCvcW3hUW4i5rMd5M5WZAeiJj3rvYh v8WMKDJOtZFXxwaYGbvFJNDdvdTHc2x2fGaWwmXMJn2xs1ZyFAeHQvrp49mS6PBQZzcx0XL5 cU9ZjhzOZDn6Apv45/C/lUJvPc3lo/pr5cmlOvPq1AsP6/xRXsEFX/SdvdxJ8w9KtGaxdJuf rpzLQ8Ht+H0lY2On1duYhmro8WglOypHy+TusYrDEry2qDNlc/bApQKtd9uqyDZ+rx8bGxyY qBP6bvsQx5YACI4p8R0J43tSqWwJTP/R5oPRQW2O1Ye1DEcdeyzZfifrQz58aoZrVQq+innR aDwu8qDB5UgmMQ7cjDSeAQABdghq7pqrA4P8lkA7qTG+aw8Z21OoAyZdUNm8NWJoQy8m4nUP gmeeQPRc0vjp5JkYPgTqwf08cluqO6vQuYL2YmwVBIbO7cE7LNGkPDA3RYMu+zPY9UUi/ln5 dcKuEStFZ5eqVyqVoZ9eu3RTCGIXAHe1NcfcMT9HT0DPp3+ieTxFx6RjY3kYTGLOwU0EVUNc NAEQAM2StBhJERQvgPcbCzjokShn0cRA4q2SvCOvOXD+0KapXMRFE+/PZeDyfv4dEKuCqeh0 hihSHlaxTzg3TcqUu54w2xYskG8Fq5tg3gm4kh1Gvh1LijIXX99ABA8eHxOGmLPRIBkXHqJY oHtCvPc6sYKNM9xbp6I4yF56xVLmHGJ61KaWKf5KKWYgA9kfHufbja7qR0c6H79LIsiYqf92 H1HNq1WlQpu/fh4/XAAaV1axHFt/dY/2kU05tLMj8GjeQDz1fHas7augL4argt4e+jum3Nwt yupodQBxncKAUbzwKcDrPqUFmfRbJ7ARw8491xQHZDsP82JRj4cOJX32sBg8nO2N5OsFJOcd 5IE9v6qfllkZDAh1Rb1h6DFYq9dcdPAHl4zOj9EHq99/CpyccOh7SrtWDNFFknCmLpowhct9 5ZnlavBrDbOV0W47gO33WkXMFI4il4y1+Bv89979rVYn8aBohEgET41SpyQz7fMkcaZU+ok/ +HYjC/qfDxT7tjKXqBQEscVODaFicsUkjheOD4BfWEcVUqa+XdUEciwG/SgNyxBZepj41oVq FPSVE+Ni2tNrW/e16b8mgXNngHSnbsr6pAIXZH3qFW+4TKPMGZ2rZ6zITrMip+12jgw4mGjy 5y06JZvA02rZT2k9aa7i9dUUFggaanI09jNGbRA/ABEBAAHCwXwEGAEKACYCGwwWIQSb0H4O DFH41ZZ3t1Qbk0N9O0FimwUCYDzvagUJFF+UtgAKCRAbk0N9O0Fim9JzD/0auoGtUu4mgnna oEEpQEOjgT7l9TVuO3Qa/SeH+E0m55y5Fjpp6ZToc481za3xAcxK/BtIX5Wn1mQ6+szfrJQ6 59y2io437BeuWIRjQniSxHz1kgtFECiV30yHRgOoQlzUea7FgsnuWdstgfWi6LxstswEzxLZ Sj1EqpXYZE4uLjh6dW292sO+j4LEqPYr53hyV4I2LPmptPE9Rb9yCTAbSUlzgjiyyjuXhcwM qf3lzsm02y7Ooq+ERVKiJzlvLd9tSe4jRx6Z6LMXhB21fa5DGs/tHAcUF35hSJrvMJzPT/+u /oVmYDFZkbLlqs2XpWaVCo2jv8+iHxZZ9FL7F6AHFzqEFdqGnJQqmEApiRqH6b4jRBOgJ+cY qc+rJggwMQcJL9F+oDm3wX47nr6jIsEB5ZftdybIzpMZ5V9v45lUwmdnMrSzZVgC4jRGXzsU EViBQt2CopXtHtYfPAO5nAkIvKSNp3jmGxZw4aTc5xoAZBLo0OV+Ezo71pg3AYvq0a3/oGRG KQ06ztUMRrj8eVtpImjsWCd0bDWRaaR4vqhCHvAG9iWXZu4qh3ipie2Y0oSJygcZT7H3UZxq fyYKiqEmRuqsvv6dcbblD8ZLkz1EVZL6djImH5zc5x8qpVxlA0A0i23v5QvN00m6G9NFF0Le D2GYIS41Kv4Isx2dEFh+/Q== In-Reply-To: <20240212115837.efz73yxinkysdmgh@runtux.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 12/02/2024 12:58, Ralf Schlatterbeck wrote: > On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 12:25:48PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: >> >> Hm, I don't understand how exactly it helps. The GPIO expander has its >> own example and as you pointed below, this is basically the same code, >> except rw and backlight GPIOs. > > The hd44780 is a display that is very often used. > By people (like me some time ago) not familiar with the nice io expander > implementation in Linux. The consequence of that is that you'll find > several out-of-tree implementations for this display with i2c out in the > wild. So my thought of documenting this (again) at that location is to > make it easier for people with a hd44780 with the standard i2c interface > to see how it is done in Linux. GPIO expanders and their usage is nothing specific to this device - other devices also might benefit of them. Or the SoCs which have enough of GPIOs... I really do not understand why do we need expander here and how does it help Anyway, binding examples should not be collection of unrelated solutions, because then we should accept for each device schema several other variations and combinations. Best regards, Krzysztof