linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: am335x-boneblack: Use pinctrl constants

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Date:	Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:29:49 +0200
From:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@...hile0.org>
To:	"Andrew F. Davis" <afd@...com>
Cc:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Benoît Cousson <bcousson@...libre.com>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-omap@...r.kernel.org" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: am335x-boneblack: Use pinctrl constants

Hello Andrew,

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Andrew F. Davis <afd@...com> wrote:
> On 10/22/2015 04:23 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>
>> * Andrew F. Davis <afd@...com> [151022 09:21]:
>>>
>>> Using constants for pinctrl allows better readability and removes
>>> redundancy with comments.
>>
>>
>> You should use the include/dt-bindings/pinctrl/omap.h macro
>> AM33XX_IOPAD(pa, val) while at it. Otherwise we'll end up patching
>> the same things again later on.
>>
>
> Hmm, I haven't really been following this change, it kind of seems to add
> some unnecessary abstraction by using physical hardware addresses instead
> of offsets, then just converting them back to offsets. The offset style DT
> nodes are already auto-generated with existing tools anyway:
> https://dev.ti.com/pinmux
>
> I'm sure this has been discussed already so if this is a blocker I'll
> re-spin this.
>

The good thing about the IOPAD pinmux macros is that matches what is
in the TRM so it is easier to read the DTS and verify that is correct.

I've on my queue to migrate all the remaining DTS for TI SoCs to use
the IOPAD macros but is just that I didn't have time to do it this
week. Probably I'll do it at the end of the next week.

> Andrew
>
>
>> Regards,
>>

Best regards,
Javier
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