RE: [PATCH v3 1/5] pinctrl: samsung: Consolidate pin-bank macros under EXYNOS9_* and pass bank_type explicitly

["Alim Akhtar" <alim.akhtar@samsung.com>]

Hello Youngmin,

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> From: Youngmin Nam <youngmin.nam@samsung.com>
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> Subject: [PATCH v3 1/5] pinctrl: samsung: Consolidate pin-bank macros under
> EXYNOS9_* and pass bank_type explicitly
> 
> Modern Exynos platforms have several near-duplicate pin-bank macro
> families (EXYNOS850_*, EXYNOS8895_*, EXYNOS7870_*), which makes
> tables verbose and harder to share across SoCs that differ only by
> bank_type (alive/off) layout.
> 
> This patch unifies them into one EXYNOS9_* macro family and makes the
> bank_type an explicit argument. The common 850-era bank types are also
> renamed to 'exynos9_bank_type_{alive,off}' to reflect their reuse on
> later Exynos 9xxx-generation parts.
> 
> Naming rationale:
> - Use of the EXYNOS9_* prefix indicates that these macros target
>   current Exynos generations sharing the same register layout and
>   EINT wiring model. Compared to SoC-specific prefixes
>   (EXYNOS850_*, EXYNOS8895_*),
>   EXYNOS9_* is clearer and more future-proof for modern parts.
> 
> Key changes:
> - Introduce:
>   - 'EXYNOS9_PIN_BANK_EINTN(bank_type, pins, reg, id)'
>   - 'EXYNOS9_PIN_BANK_EINTG(bank_type, pins, reg, id, offs)'
>   - 'EXYNOS9_PIN_BANK_EINTW(bank_type, pins, reg, id, offs)'
> - Rename:
>   - 'exynos850_bank_type_alive'-> 'exynos9_bank_type_alive'
>   - 'exynos850_bank_type_off'  -> 'exynos9_bank_type_off'
> - Convert pin-bank tables for:
>   - Exynos2200, 7870, 7885, 850, 990, 9810, 8890, 8895,
>     AutoV9, AutoV920, FSD
> - Update GS101/EXYNOSV920 helpers to reference 'exynos9_bank_type_*'
>   instead of the old exynos850 names.
> - Standardize on EXYNOS9_* macros while keeping SoC-specific
>   '*_bank_type_*' when layouts differ (e.g., 7870/8895).
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Youngmin Nam <youngmin.nam@samsung.com>
> Reviewed-by: Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@linaro.org>
> Tested-by: Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@linaro.org>
> ---
Thanks for consolidating this.
Feel free to add
Reviewed-by: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@samsung.com>

Also tested on SADK based on Exynosautov920, GPIO EINT works fine. 

Tested-by: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@samsung.com>