linux-kernel - RE: bug of gpio transition in pinmux driver

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Message-ID: <74CDBE0F657A3D45AFBB94109FB122FF174F08C6DC@HQMAIL01.nvidia.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:13:56 -0800
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
To:	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: bug of gpio transition in pinmux driver

Haojian Zhuang wrote at Wednesday, November 23, 2011 6:13 AM:
> Hi Linus & Stephen,
> 
> There's a bug in pinmux driver. We can request gpio via
> pinmux_request_gpio(@gpio). @gpio is the gpio number.
> 
> In pinmux_request_gpio():
>     pin = @gpio - range->base;
>     pin_request(pin);
> 
> This pin is the index of pinctrl_pin_desc[]. What's the definition of
> pinctrl_pin_desc's index? It's the index of PAD, not GPIO. Since the
> goal of pinmux_request_gpio() is to avoid define too much gpio groups.
> We need to add the transition between gpio and pad. It's clear that
> the transition of "pin = @gpio - range->base" can't fit every silicon.

> Especially, one gpio can be routed to two pads in PXA silicon.

That particular case isn't really covered yet; we've been discussing how
to solve that case; see:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/21/370

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