linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 3/5] pinctrl: imx: add pinctrl imx driver

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Date:	Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:08:51 +0800
From:	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>
To:	Richard Zhao <richard.zhao@...aro.org>
Cc:	Dong Aisheng <b29396@...escale.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linus.walleij@...ricsson.com, s.hauer@...gutronix.de,
	w.sang@...gutronix.de, rob.herring@...xeda.com,
	grant.likely@...retlab.ca, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, cjb@...top.org,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, shawn.guo@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 3/5] pinctrl: imx: add pinctrl imx driver

On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 09:05:44PM +0800, Richard Zhao wrote:
> > +enum imx_imx53_pinctrl_pads {
> > +	MX53_GPIO_19 = 0,
> > +	MX53_KEY_COL0 = 1,
> > +	MX53_KEY_ROW0 = 2,
> > +	MX53_KEY_COL1 = 3,
> > +	MX53_KEY_ROW1 = 4,
> > +	MX53_KEY_COL2 = 5,
> > +	MX53_KEY_ROW2 = 6,
> ...
> Why not describe it in dts and make this file generic for imx?
> One node for one pad,

Doing this will bloat the device tree dramatically.  Actually I had
a patch doing so before the pinctrl subsystem was born, but it
concerned Grant a lot for that reason and thus died.

> it'll be easy to extend pad properties. You know
> the pad may set pull up/down, open drain, drive strenth, daisy chain etc.
> The features have to be supported, to make your model usefull.
> 
As Aisheng mentioned, the pinconf support will be added later.

-- 
Regards,
Shawn
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