linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] pinctrl: meson: clean pin offsets

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Message-ID: <7hmv5cdiyw.fsf@baylibre.com>
Date:   Sat, 30 Sep 2017 22:33:59 +0200
From:   Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>
To:     Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Carlo Caione <carlo@...one.org>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] pinctrl: meson: clean pin offsets

Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com> writes:

> The initial goal of this series was move to TEST_N pin from the EE
> controller to AO controller, where it belongs. This meant modify the
> EE_OFF value.
>
> This offset is a quirk we brought from the vendor driver when it was
> initially merged. There no reason to keep this around and we could simply
> let pinctrl figure the pin base value.
>
> Removing this offset, while simple, ends up being quite a patch bomb.
> This is why I split the change over 5 first patches, so the important
> change, patch #1 remains visible. Of course, to avoid breaking bisect,
> these first 5 patches should be squashed into one. (If you prefer that I
> squash it myself, I may have to send you a PR as the patch would exceed
> VGER 100000 characters limit)
>
> The last change is this series, while not directly related, also requires
> to adjust the gpio-line-names property in DT. Having these changes going
> together would make it easier to coordinate the DTS changes.
>
> This was changeset has been test on gxbb P200, gxl libretech-cc.  It was
> also boot tested on meson8 (Thx Martin!)

Really nice cleanup, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>

Kevin