linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] pinctrl: upboard: Add UP2 pinctrl and gpio driver

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdajUt7Brrf9jCOhEvrzvx24A8tp1NpGKuDPi_0uh5++eg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 31 Oct 2018 22:30:20 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     "Dan O'Donovan" <dan@...tex.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, carlos.iglesias@...tex.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] pinctrl: upboard: Add UP2 pinctrl and gpio driver

Hi Dan,

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 9:45 PM Dan O'Donovan <dan@...tex.com> wrote:

> The UP2 board features a Raspberry Pi compatible pin header (HAT) and a
> board-specific expansion connector (EXHAT). Both expose assorted
> functions from either the SoC (such as GPIO, I2C, SPI, UART...) or other
> on-board devices (ADC, FPGA IP blocks...).
>
> These lines are routed through an on-board FPGA. The platform controller
> in its stock firmware provides register fields to change:
>
> - Line enable (FPGA pins enabled / high impedance)
> - Line direction (SoC driven / FPGA driven)
>
> To enable using SoC GPIOs on the pin header, this arrangement requires
> both configuring the platform controller, and updating the SoC pad
> registers in sync.
>
> Add a frontend pinctrl/GPIO driver that registers a new set of GPIO
> lines for the header pins. When these are requested, the driver
> propagates this request to the backend SoC pinctrl/GPIO driver by
> grabbing a GPIO descriptor for the matching SoC GPIO line. The needed
> mapping for this is retrieved via ACPI properties.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan O'Donovan <dan@...tex.com>

It appears you missed my review comments so please read them
and reply or respin the patch accordingly.

Yours,
Linus Walleij