linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 00/10] Renesas RZ/A1 pin and gpio controller

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Message-ID: <20170428072457.GA4911@w540>
Date:   Fri, 28 Apr 2017 09:24:57 +0200
From:   jmondi <jacopo@...ndi.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@...ndi.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Chris Brandt <chris.brandt@...esas.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/10] Renesas RZ/A1 pin and gpio controller

Hi Geert, Simon,

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:42:02AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Jacopo,
>
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Jacopo Mondi
> <jacopo+renesas@...ndi.org> wrote:
> >    this is 5th round of gpio/pincontroller for RZ/A1 devices.
> >
> > I have updated the pin controller driver to use the newly introduced
> > "pinctrl_enable()" function.
> > This is required since v4.11-rc7 as otherwise, as reported by Chris Brandt,
> > the pin controller does not start.
> >
> > I have incorporated your comments on the device tree bindings documentation,
> > and added to pinctrl-generic.h header file two macros to unpack generic
> > properties and their arguments.
> >
> > Tested with SCIF, RIIC, ETHER and gpio-leds on Genmai board.
>
> Thanks for the update!
>
> > Jacopo Mondi (10):
> >   pinctrl: generic: Add bi-directional and output-enable
>
> Already applied by LinusW.
>
> >   pinctrl: generic: Add macros to unpack properties
>
> LinusW: do you want me to queue this together with the driver for v4.13,
> or will you take this single patch for v4.12?
>
> >   pinctrl: Renesas RZ/A1 pin and gpio controller
> >   dt-bindings: pinctrl: Add RZ/A1 bindings doc
>
> Will queue in sh-pfc-for-v4.13.
>
> >   arm: dts: dt-bindings: Add Renesas RZ/A1 pinctrl header
> >   arm: dts: r7s72100: Add pin controller node
> >   arm: dts: genmai: Add SCIF2 pin group
> >   arm: dts: genmai: Add RIIC2 pin group
> >   arm: dts: genmai: Add user led device nodes
> >   arm: dts: genmai: Add ethernet pin group
>
> These are for Simon.
>
> Does applying the DTS changes before the driver introduce regressions?
> If no, Simon can queue them for v4.13.
> If yes, they'll have to wait for v4.14.
>

I tried reverting patch [03/10] which introduces the driver, and I
lose serial output on Genmai. So I guess the dts patches have to be
taken after the driver has been merged.

One question: why can't they be taken at the same time? (eg. for
v4.13?)

Thanks
   j

> Thanks!
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                         Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org
>
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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