[PATCH 2/2] ARM: dts: imx25-karo-tx25: Fix pincontrol definition

Markus Pargmann mpa at pengutronix.de
Sun Mar 29 14:26:11 PDT 2015


Hi,

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 12:09:02PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello Markus,
> 
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 12:02:37PM +0100, Markus Pargmann wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 08:50:46PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > I think this grouping is a relict from the time when we considered to
> > > list the groups in the imx$num.dtsi? I would prefer to "fix" the driver
> > > to work with the way imx25-karo-tx25 presents the pinmuxing because I
> > > don't see the motivation for this extra grouping. (So let us define the
> > > current method of imx25-karo-tx25 as the good one to follow if you ask
> > > me.)
> > 
> > But the binding for the pinctrl unit is already defined. I am not sure
> > about the policy for changing devicetree bindings. I thought it should
> > be avoided?
> Allowing more valid definitions shouldn't be a problem, should it?
> So don't rip out parsing groups within a namespace, just complement it
> with support for namespace-less groups

I have posted a patch that allows parsing the pinctrl device node
without 'function' device nodes. So this patch can be dropped for the
moment.

Best Regards,

Markus

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