device tree binding documentation outdated

Jason Cooper jason at lakedaemon.net
Fri Sep 27 09:31:20 EDT 2013


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 02:21:07PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 09:12:25AM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > I'm currently slogging through the exact same issues for adding imx50
> > (SanDisk Connect Wireless media Drive).  I thought I was just thick.
> > It's a relief to know I'm not the only one having trouble with this.
> 
> I'm coming to the conclusion that it's almost to the point of "vendor
> lockin" - you have to find someone who understands this stuff to take
> your hardware description and turn it into a working DT description.

I don't think it's vendor lock-in, I think Freescale's pinctrl/gpio IP
block is just an over-complicated pain in the ass that doesn't lend
itself to DT well.

thx,

Jason.



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