[PATCH v3 2/4] pinctrl: pinctrl-imx: add imx pinctrl core driver
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
plagnioj at jcrosoft.com
Fri Apr 27 05:29:49 EDT 2012
On 16:11 Fri 27 Apr , Shawn Guo wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 09:11:04AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > except duplicate bindings instead having common one make no sense either
> >
> > so imx, at91 and ST (STB SoC and other does have the same type of pin IP
> >
> > to not come with a common bindig means we are doint the same crap as before
> >
> > with switch to DT
> >
> It can be every different in hardware details from one pin based
> controller to another. mxs pinctrl is another pin based IP, and Dong
> tried to approach a binding working good for both imx and mxs, but in
> the end we agree imx binding does not work so good for mxs, and vice
> versa. And that's why pinctrl core binding design leaves out the
> platform specific binding.
agreed on the pin level configuration but not for the group management
there all the same
of simple group of pins
for this we must have a common way to describe it and handle it in c
Best Regards,
J.
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