[PATCH/RFC] ARM: omap3: Split the pinmux core device

Tony Lindgren tony at atomide.com
Thu Dec 19 13:30:03 EST 2013


* Sebastian Reichel <sre at ring0.de> [131219 09:19]:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 06:11:50PM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > The omap3_pmx_core pinmux device in the device tree handles the system
> > controller module (SCM) PADCONFS fonction. Its control registers are
> > split in two distinct areas, with other SCM registers in-between. Those
> > other registers can't thus be requested by other drivers as the memory
> > region gets reserved by the pinmux driver.
> > 
> > Split the omap3_pmx_core device tree node in two for the two memory
> > regions.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-beagle-xm.dts | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-beagle.dts    | 28 +++++++++++++++-------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-igep0020.dts  | 26 ++++++++++----------
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-zoom3.dts     | 19 ++++++++++-----
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3.dtsi          | 13 +++++++++-
> >  5 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> > 
> > While working on the OMAP3 ISP driver I've run into a failure to request a
> > memory region already requested by the pinctrl-single driver. This patch is an
> > attempt to fix the problem. An alternative approach would be to support
> > multiple reg values in the pinctrl-single driver, but that might not be much
> > cleaner. I'm open to suggestions.
> 
> Acked-By: Sebastian Reichel <sre at debian.org>
> 
> I haven't checked the board dts files, but the change in omap3.dtsi is
> needed to "fix a external abort on non-linefetch" when doing
> 
> cat /sys/kernel/debug/pinctrl/.../pins
> 
> on my Nokia N900.

OK, that should be mentioned in the patch. Laurent, care to update the patch
for that?

We should also check that the register ranges match with Nishant's similar
patch "[PATCH] ARM: dts: omap3: split pinctrl for core into two parts".

Regards,

Tony



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