linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] ASoC: ux500: Drop pinctrl sleep support

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Date:	Wed, 8 May 2013 11:51:24 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@...aro.org>
Cc:	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Ola Lilja <ola.o.lilja@...ricsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] ASoC: ux500: Drop pinctrl sleep support

On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 09:14:18AM +0200, Fabio Baltieri wrote:
> Drop pinctrl default/sleep state switching code, as it was breaking the
> capture interface by putting the I2S pins in hi-z mode regardless of its
> usage status, and not giving any real benefit.
> 
> Pinctrl default mode configuration is already managed automatically by a
> specific pinctrl hog.

I tend to agree with Lee that this looks like a bad approach - there's a
whole bunch of other code in there which I'd guess is probably equally
broken but only the pinctrl code is being removed.  Why not just fix it
(or better yet simplify all this stuff)?

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