linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/17] pinctrl: uniphier: allow to have pinctrl node under syscon node

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Date:	Tue, 31 May 2016 12:55:24 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/17] pinctrl: uniphier: allow to have pinctrl node under
 syscon node

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:

> Currently, the UniPhier pinctrl driver itself is a syscon, but it
> turned out much more reasonable to make it a child node of a syscon
> because our syscon node consists of a bunch of system configuration
> registers, not only pinctrl, but also phy, and misc registers.
> It is difficult to split the node.
>
> To allow to migrate to the new DT structure, this commit adds new
> compatible strings to not disturb the existing DT.  After a while,
> the old binding will be removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>

Patch applied, I guess if there is too much fuzz about the DT
bindings getting incompatible I would have to revert it.

Yours,
Linus Walleij