[PATCH V2 1/6] 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 remains binding
and driver 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.

That design it meant to be generic and extendable (hw specific
properties can be added). Using subnodes allows 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>
---
Rob: this patch depends on another one I sent 2 weeks ago:
[PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: pinctrl: use pinctrl.yaml
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/devicetree-bindings/patch/20211110165720.30242-2-zajec5@gmail.com/

V2: Don't use "reg" property as explained by Tony
---
 .../devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl.yaml  | 40 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl.yaml
index d471563119a9..25d8188fbb26 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl.yaml
@@ -42,4 +42,44 @@ properties:
       This property can be set either globally for the pin controller or in
       child nodes for individual pin group control.
 
+  pins:
+    type: object
+
+    patternProperties:
+      "^.*$":
+        type: object
+
+        properties:
+          number:
+            description: Pin number
+            $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
+
+        additionalProperties: false
+
+  groups:
+    type: object
+
+    patternProperties:
+      "^.*$":
+        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