[PATCH 1/5] dt-bindings: pinctrl: support specifying pins, groups & functions

[Rafał Miłecki]

From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>

This binding change is meant to introduce a generic way of describing
pinctrl blocks details. Every pinmux block is expected to have:
1. Named pins
2. Named groups containing one or more pins
3. Named functions referencing one or more groups

It doesn't describe how hw should be programmed. That is still binding
specific.

This commit describes syntax for "pins", "groups" & "functions" nodes in
a standard pinctrl binding. Every above node allows specifying its
entries and it's done using subnodes because:
1. It's required with reg = <n> ("pins")
2. It's generic & extendable (hw specific properties can be added)

Pins are number based so they use reg = <n>. It's also required as
binding needs to allow gaps. It's to avoid hacks like:
pins = <"foo" "-ENODEV" "-ENODEV" "-ENODEV" "bar">;
(for hw with pins 0 and 4 present).

Subnodes also allow storing hw specific pin/group/function
configuration. While it would be possible to have:
groups {
    foo-pins = <0 1>;
    bar-pins = <2 3>;
};
that doesn't allow hw specific quirks.

Introduced design allows e.g.:
groups {
    foo {
        pins = <0 1>;
        vendor,magic = <0xbeaf>;
    };
};

Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
---
 .../devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl.yaml  | 50 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl.yaml
index d471563119a9..1a99920e94ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl.yaml
@@ -42,4 +42,54 @@ properties:
       This property can be set either globally for the pin controller or in
       child nodes for individual pin group control.
 
+  pins:
+    type: object
+
+    properties:
+      '#address-cells':
+        const: 1
+
+      '#size-cells':
+        const: 0
+
+    patternProperties:
+      "^pin@[0-9a-z]+$":
+        type: object
+
+        properties:
+          reg:
+            description: Pin number
+
+          label:
+            description: Pin name
+            $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
+
+        additionalProperties: false
+
+  groups:
+    type: object
+
+    patternProperties:
+      "^.*$":
+        type: object
+        description: Group identified by node name
+
+        properties:
+          pins:
+            $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
+            description: Array of pins belonging to this group
+
+  functions:
+    type: object
+
+    patternProperties:
+      "^.*$":
+        type: object
+        description: Function identified by node name
+
+        properties:
+          groups:
+            $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
+            description: Array of pins groups used by this function
+
 additionalProperties: true
-- 
2.31.1