linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/5] pinctrl: allows not to define the get_group

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Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:58:45 +0200
From:	Antoine Ténart 
	<antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	zmxu@...vell.com, Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/5] pinctrl: allows not to define the
 get_group_pins operation

Linus,

On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 02:48:04PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Antoine Ténart
> <antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com> wrote:
> 
> > When using a group only pinctrl driver, which does not have any
> > information on the pins it is useless to define a get_group_pins
> > always returning an empty list of pins.
> >
> > When not using get_group_pin[1], a driver must implement it so
> > pins = NULL and num_pins = 0. This patch makes it the default
> > behaviour if not defined in the pinctrl driver when used in
> > pinmux enable and disable funtions and in pinctrl_groups_show.
> >
> > It also adds a check in pinctrl_get_group_pins and return -EINVAL if
> > not defined. This function is called in the gpiolib when adding when
> > pingroup range. It cannot be used if no group is defined, so this seams
> > reasonable.
> >
> > [1] get_group_pin(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
> >                   unsigned selector,
> >                   const unsigned **pins,
> >                   unsigned *num_pins);
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Antoine Ténart <antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>
> 
> OK makes perfect sense.
> 
> Patch applied.

Thanks!

> Can you please check the Documentation/pinctrl.txt to see
> if anything needs to be updated due to this?

I just checked and did not see needed updates due to this patch.

Antoine

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