linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] mfd: add LP3943 MFD driver

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Date:	Wed, 14 Aug 2013 19:53:15 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	"Kim, Milo" <Milo.Kim@...com>
Cc:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	"Samuel Ortiz (sameo@...ux.intel.com)" <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	"broonie@...nel.org" <broonie@...nel.org>,
	"thierry.reding@...il.com" <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] mfd: add LP3943 MFD driver

On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Kim, Milo <Milo.Kim@...com> wrote:

> In the meantime, I've reviewed the pin control subsystem,
> I think it is not the best way to implement LP3943 driver.
> The GPIO controller is OK, but I can't make flexible pin assignment for the PWM
> operation.
> For example, multiple output pins can be controlled by one PWM generator.
> These pin assignment are configurable - not fixed type.

So it's more like a router than a PWM goes out on a certain pin,
you can route the same PWM output to e.g. all pins if you want
to, and each pin will have its own driver stage?

> And pinmux are only two cases - GPIO and PWM.
> I think current driver structure is better because LP3943 uses very limited
> pinctrl functionalities.
> Any suggestion for this?

Well if you'r going to do things like remuxing this dynamically
you'd use the pinctrl subsystem. But if you only want to pass
a certain static configuration from e.g. platform data or the device
tree, it can be done like this.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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