linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] pinctrl: sunxi: Disable strict mode for old pinctrl drivers

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdbe_EyxNkvEZ-HdDO9W+0fABEe+UeV3VmLWfP7FKCk-2g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:45:54 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] pinctrl: sunxi: Disable strict mode for old
 pinctrl drivers

On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 10:53 PM, Maxime Ripard
<maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com> wrote:

> Old pinctrl drivers will need to disable strict mode for various reasons,
> among which:
>   - Some DT will still have a pinctrl group for each GPIO used, which will
>     be rejected by pin_request. While we could remove those nodes, we still
>     have to deal with old DTs.
>   - Some GPIOs on these boards need to have their pin configuration changed
>     (for bias or current), and there's no clear migration path
>
> Let's disable the strict mode on those SoCs so that there's no breakage.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij