linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] pinctrl: palmas: do not abort pin configuration for BIAS

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Date:	Wed, 2 Oct 2013 16:40:41 +0530
From:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
CC:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Heiko Stübner 
	<heiko@...ech.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pinctrl: palmas: do not abort pin configuration for
 BIAS_DEFAULT

On Wednesday 02 October 2013 04:10 PM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org> wrote:
> Presumably given this, LinusW shouldn't have actually applied this
> patch, since presumably it prevents any other driver from accepting
> PIN_CONFIG_BIAS_DISABLE even in cases where it is appropriate?
> There are many patches I shouldn't have applied ...
>
> Anyway I'm not quite following, this patch affected the Palmas
> driver only I think so how can it prevent any other drivers from doing
> the right thing?
>
> We'll just have to follow up with a patch that return -EINVAL for
> PIN_CONFIG_BIAS_DISABLE I guess, Laxman is this what you're
> doing now?
>

Yes, I am going to remove this option so that it can fall to default 
where it says

dev_err(pci->dev, "Properties not supported\n");
return -ENOTSUPP;


Will post the patch soon.

Thanks,
Laxman
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