Re: [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: gpio: Add gpio-latch binding document

[Linus Walleij]

On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 4:40 PM Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Hm I wanted to just call these "gpios" but that is maybe confusing.
> > What about "latch-gpios"?
>
> Hm, the clk input is used to latch the current state of the inputs to
> the outputs, so "latch-gpios" might even be confused with the GPIO
> routed to the clk unput of the latch.  Overall, the whole thing is a
> latch, so "latch-gpios" doesn't sound like a good name to distinguish
> the different types of inputs of a latch.  I still like data-gpios best
> as these lines are described as "Data inputs" in my 74273 data sheet.

How about "latched-gpios" (notice the "d")

It makes some semantic sense.

But I will not nitpick, data is fine, just a bit unspecific.

Yours,
Linus Walleij