[PATCH V2 1/6] dt-bindings: pinctrl: support specifying pins, groups & functions
Linus Walleij
linus.walleij at linaro.org
Thu Nov 25 17:03:13 PST 2021
On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 1:28 PM Rafał Miłecki <zajec5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a new bit to me and the reason why I got this binding that way.
>
> I had no idea pin numbering is system specific thing. I always thought
> pin numbers are present in every chip datasheets and that is just a part
> of hardware.
It's this way because some chips do not even have numbers on the
pins, just names, like "UARTTX" or so.
The numbering is often not numeral, more like a chessboard
at least for BGAs. So "C14" is a typical pin number.
If the datasheet had numbers we just include it in the string naming
that pin like "UARTTX_C14" or so.
Yours,
Linus Walleij
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