[PATCH v3 1/5] dt-bindings: aspeed-sgpio: Convert txt bindings to yaml.

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Wed Jun 9 19:17:22 AEST 2021


On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 5:31 AM Steven Lee <steven_lee at aspeedtech.com> wrote:

> However, it might affect users who update kernel/driver from the
> old kernel/driver as they may expect the gpio output pin base is start
> from 80(MAX_NR_HW_SGPIO).

Why? What users? In-kernel, out-of-tree-kernel or userspace users?

In-kernel users can be fixed, out-of-tree kernels we don't care about
and userspace should be using the character device.

Just change it.

Yours,
Linus Walleij


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