[RFC] pinctrl: pinconf-generic: move ..dt_node_to_map_pinmux() to amlogic-am4 driver

[Linus Walleij]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM Conor Dooley <conor at kernel.org> wrote:

> From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com>
>
> pinconf_generic_dt_node_to_map_pinmux() is not actually a generic
> function, and really belongs in the amlogic-am4 driver. There are three
> reasons why.
(...)
> The other dt_node_to_map implementations accept a being called for
> either a node containing pin configuration properties or a node
> containing child nodes that each contain the configuration properties.
> IOW, they support the following two devicetree configurations:
>
> | cfg {
> |       label: group {
> |               pinmux = <asjhdasjhlajskd>;
> |               config-item1;
> |       };
> | };
>
> | label: cfg {
> |       group1 {
> |               pinmux = <dsjhlfka>;
> |               config-item2;
> |       };
> |       group2 {
> |               pinmux = <lsdjhaf>;
> |               config-item1;
> |       };
> | };
>
> pinconf_generic_dt_node_to_map_pinmux() only supports the latter.

This alone is a good reason to apply the patch.

I have a strong urge to apply this already for v7.0 despite its RFC state.

Anyone against?

Yours,
Linus Walleij