linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 3/5] pinctrl: add polarfire soc iomux0 pinmux driver

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdZo=c0BnSLm=FKRMNYKEaPAHBgtfhD9txhPofts4ApDkw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 13:36:49 +0200
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
Cc: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/5] pinctrl: add polarfire soc iomux0 pinmux driver

On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> > +static const struct pinctrl_pin_desc mpfs_iomux0_pinctrl_pins[] = {
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(0, "spi0"),
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(1, "spi1"),
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(2, "i2c0"),
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(3, "i2c1"),
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(4, "can0"),
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(5, "can1"),
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(6, "qspi"),
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(7, "uart0"),
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(8, "uart1"),
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(9, "uart2"),
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(10, "uart3"),
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(11, "uart4"),
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(12, "mdio0"),
> > +       PINCTRL_PIN(13, "mdio1"),
>
> This looks like it is abusing the API. These things do not look like
> "pins" at all, rather these are all groups, right?

Or maybe they are rather functions. Like there is a function spi0
that can be mapped to a set of pins such as spi0_grp = <1, 2, 3, 4...>

I recommend a refresher with
https://docs.kernel.org/driver-api/pin-control.html
and work from there, and avoid looking too much at other
drivers that don't necessarily do the right thing.

Yours,
Linus Walleij