[RFC PATCH 2/3] pinctrl: imx: add pinmux-imx53 support

[Dong Aisheng-B29396]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linus Walleij [mailto:linus.walleij at linaro.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 1:01 AM
> To: Sascha Hauer
> Cc: Dong Aisheng-B29396; linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org; linux-arm-
> kernel at lists.infradead.org; linus.walleij at stericsson.com; Guo Shawn-
> R65073; kernel at pengutronix.de
> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] pinctrl: imx: add pinmux-imx53 support
> 
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
> wrote:
> 
> > I don't think that this grouping of pads to their functions makes
> > sense. On i.MX every pad is muxed independently and not in groups.
> > Which pins belong to which function is board specific and not SoC
> > specific.
> 
> True, Dong can this be moved to the imx pinctrl platform data and passed
> in from arch/arm/[plat|mach]-* board files instead?
> That is probably where it belongs today.
> 
Yes, I will do that.

> I know that this data is in drivers/pinctrl for the U300 and SIRF, but
> that is because they only have one single board variant.
> 
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

Regards
Dong Aisheng