[PATCH v2 1/3] ARM: imx: Allow user to disable pinctrl
Guenter Roeck
linux at roeck-us.net
Tue Nov 26 08:17:17 PST 2024
On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 12:23:53PM +0200, Esben Haabendal wrote:
> Making pinctrl drivers and subsequently the pinctrl framework
> user-controllable, allows building a kernel without this.
> While in many (most) cases, this could make the system unbootable, it
> does allow building smaller kernels for those situations where picntrl
> is not needed.
>
> One such situation is when building a kernel for NXP LS1021A systems,
> which does not have run-time controllable pinctrl, so pinctrl framework
> and drivers are 100% dead-weight.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Esben Haabendal <esben at geanix.com>
This patch didn't update default configurations, meaning PINCTRL is now
disabled by affected configurations such as imx_v4_v5_defconfig or
imx_v6_v7_defconfig, making pretty much all imx platforms non-bootable
unless the default configuration is changed manually.
Guenter
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