linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] ARM: berlin: add pinctrl support

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Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2014 14:08:23 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:	Antoine Ténart 
	<antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	zhiming Xu <zmxu@...vell.com>,
	Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] ARM: berlin: add pinctrl support

On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 02:52:20PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> - Why do hardware engineers seek to reinvent wheels like pin
>   controllers, GPIO and DMA engines all the time :-/

They think they have a rectangular pin cross-section which needs special
treatment to fit into the round hole in a turned-pin socket. :)

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