[PATCH v2 5/5] ARM: dts: sun6i: Add support for Sinlinx A31s SDK board

[Maxime Ripard]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 03:25:13PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Maxime Ripard
> <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 05:42:10PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Maxime Ripard
> >> <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:49:00PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> >> >> +&i2c0 {
> >> >> +     /* Available on camera header */
> >> >> +     pinctrl-names = "default";
> >> >> +     pinctrl-0 = <&i2c0_pins_a>;
> >> >> +     status = "okay";
> >> >> +};
> >> >> +
> >> >> +&i2c1 {
> >> >> +     /* Available on LCD header */
> >> >> +     pinctrl-names = "default";
> >> >> +     pinctrl-0 = <&i2c1_pins_a>;
> >> >> +     status = "okay";
> >> >> +};
> >> >
> >> > Are those two actually used anywhere on the board itself, or just
> >> > exposed on the pin headers?
> >>
> >> They are exposed as grouped headers. 1 header has all the camera
> >> related stuff, like the CSI pins, and various voltage sources
> >> from the PMIC. The other has the LCD pins, resistive touchpanel,
> >> I2C for capacitive touchpanel, and of course voltage sources.
> >>
> >> The LCD header is an FPC connector, while the camera header is
> >> the common (common for sunxi devboards) 2.0mm pins. I'm not sure
> >> if there is some common pinout amongst vendors, but at least
> >> Sinlinx sells their own 7" LCD display w/ CTP, VGA converter,
> >> and camera modules. I have both the LCD and VGA converter.
> >>
> >> Note that these I2C pins have valid external pull-ups. I doubt
> >> they can be easily re-purposed.
> >
> > Still, the policy we've had so far is that if the user can use it for
> > something else (like a GPIO, which is the case here), we don't do
> > enforce any default, and the user will make the right choice.
> 
> To clarify, unless an actual device is connected, forcing a choice,
> we won't make that choice for the user, even if the connector is
> specifically designed for one type of application.
> 
> Did I get that right?

Yep.

Maxime

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