[PATCH v2 0/3] pinctrl: single: bit-per-mux DT flexibility, probe robustness, and consistent pinconf offsets

[Tony Lindgren]

* Linus Walleij <linusw at kernel.org> [260209 09:51]:
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 3:25 AM Billy Tsai <billy_tsai at aspeedtech.com> wrote:
> 
> > To make sure I align with your expectations:
> > 1) Would you prefer the new driver to be fully standalone (using the
> >    GENERIC_PIN* helpers + syscon/regmap-mmio), rather than trying to
> >    refactor/export helpers from pinctrl-single?
> 
> Yes. Conor improved these helpers so now it should be possible
> to use these to do a very simple and slim driver for what you
> want to do.
> 
> >    Action item: Introduce a new pinctrl-single-bit.c driver and DT
> >    binding, which can also cover the existing bit-per-mux logic currently
> >    in pinctrl-single.c.
> 
> Sounds about right.
> 
> > 2) For the syscon/regmap hookup, is it acceptable to add a syscon phandle
> >    property in DT (e.g. "syscon = <&scu>;") for the new driver to obtain
> >    the regmap, or do you prefer a different binding/property name?
> 
> This works for me.

Great, sounds good to me too!

Thanks,

Tony