Re: [PATCH 2/3] tpm: st33zp24: switch to using gpiod API

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Fri Sep 30 2022 - 16:43:36 EST


On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 10:39:57PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> This patch switches the driver from legacy gpio API to the newer gpiod
> API, so that eventually we can drop the former.

Once a patch is applied, it's a commit, not a patch. Just start by
"Switch ...".

Please also define what is the legacy API exactly, and what sort of
API it is switched to with a bit more detail. I don't follow GPIO.

> During conversion it was noted that the gpio handling code for SPI and
> I2C variants duplicates each other, so it was moved into the core.

Who noted what? Please provide a reference. I do not connect this
sentence to anything, as I do not follow gpio's mailing list.

> Also, it seems that the driver never assigned tpm_dev->io_lpcpd in the
> past, so gpio-based power management was most likely not working ever.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>

BR, Jarkko