linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] includes: dt-bindings: Add STM32F429 pinctrl DT bindings

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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2015 16:55:35 +0100
From:	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:	Sascha Hauer <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Bruno Herrera <bruherrera@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] includes: dt-bindings: Add STM32F429 pinctrl DT bindings

2015-11-17 12:00 GMT+01:00 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>:
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Maxime Coquelin
> <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> Thinking again at it, I persist to believe have the defines makes it
>> easier to use.
>> With auto-completion, it makes it faster and less error prone to
>> select the right
>> alternate function without parsing the datasheet.
>
> Auto-completion ... should we design our source code to
> fit certain editors?
No, you are right.
But even without auto-completion, it is easier to have the values pre-computed.
And Mediatek has the defines, so it is better to do the same for STM32
for consistency.

>> But as these defines are not actually used on driver side, maybe I
>> could just move
>> them to the dts directory?
>
> No strong opinion there. include/dt-bindings is part of the bindings
> documentation actually so I guess it goes there.
Ok.

Thanks,
Maxime
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