Thread (16 messages) 16 messages, 5 authors, 2023-01-31

Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: dt-bindings: add new property to wd,mbl-gpio bindings

From: Linus Walleij <hidden>
Date: 2023-01-27 12:58:47
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Hi Niall,

thanks for your patch!

On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 11:18 AM Niall Leonard via B4 Submission
Endpoint [off-list ref] wrote:
 Optional properties:
        - no-output: GPIOs are read-only.
+       - no-input: GPIOs are write-only. Read is via a shadow register.
"Shadow register" is unclear technical lingo.

Just write "GPIO output registers are write-only"

DT bindings are OS neutral, the fact that Linux and other OS:es need to
cache ("shadow") this value is an implementation detail.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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