linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 2/5] pinctrl: add dt binding support for pinmux mappings

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Message-ID: <20120114011029.GC1810@S2101-09.ap.freescale.net>
Date:	Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:10:33 +0800
From:	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>
To:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
Cc:	Dong Aisheng <dongas86@...il.com>,
	Dong Aisheng-B29396 <B29396@...escale.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linus.walleij@...ricsson.com" <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	"s.hauer@...gutronix.de" <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	"rob.herring@...xeda.com" <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"kernel@...gutronix.de" <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	"cjb@...top.org" <cjb@...top.org>,
	"devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org" 
	<devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"Simon Glass (sjg@...omium.org)" <sjg@...omium.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 2/5] pinctrl: add dt binding support for pinmux
 mappings

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:33:21AM -0800, Stephen Warren wrote:
> So of_device_alloc(), which is called by of_platform_populate() for each
> device, already parses basic DT content such as reg and interrupts, and
> converts them to Linux resources. I'd consider parsing any pinmux properties
> and registering them with the pinctrl subsystem to be of a similar nature,
> so adding some code to of_device_alloc() that calls a core pinmux function
> to parse the DT node seems reasonable to me.
> 
I hardly believe that device tree maintainers would agree here.
Grant, Rob?

-- 
Regards,
Shawn
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