Re: [PATCH] rtc: omap: Support ext_wakeup configuration

[Tony Lindgren <tony-4v6yS6AI5VpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>]

* Marcin Niestroj <m.niestroj-z3quKL4iOrmQ6ZAhV5LmOA@public.gmane.org> [160615 01:40]:
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry for such delay in response. Please see my comments/questions on
> using pinctrl below.
> 
> On 26.04.2016 17:39, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > * Marcin Niestroj <m.niestroj-z3quKL4iOrmQ6ZAhV5LmOA@public.gmane.org> [160426 00:40]:
> > > In below code we check reg resource size in order to know if we
> > > should update RTC_PMIC or it is pinctrl responsibility. It's a little
> > > hack, but we make sure, that every device with not modified device-tree
> > > will work as previously. If we want to add support for ext_wakeup, we
> > > just change reg resouce size in device-tree in order to not overlap
> > > requested memory regions in rtc-omap and pinctrl.
> > > 
> > > I used am335x-chilisom instead of dra7 and updated
> > > pinctrl-single,funcion-mask so the EXT_WAKEUP_STATUS is always cleared
> > > after boot.
> > > 
> > > So the question now is: is this acceptable? Do we want to continue with
> > > this approach?
> > 
> > Well the concern I have here is that we not use pinctrl-single
> > as a separate driver if any of the registers are shared with
> > the RTC driver. If the registers are shared, the pinctrl
> > functionality should be implemented in the RTC driver.
> 
> We can use pinctrl generic params for:
>  * enable wakeup inputs - with 'input-enable'
>  * input debounce enable/configuration - with 'input-debounce'
> 
> However I don't see any generic way for setting wakeup input polarity.
> So I guess we should add some driver specific devicetree binding to
> handle hat. I also didn't find any other driver that implements it.
> 
> In case of pinctrl-single we have just written custom register values to
> set polarity.
> 
> So the question is: how should we proceed? Is pinctrl still and option?
> If yes, what is your idea about configuring input polarity?

At least I don't have any better ideas. You can define the values
in the driver specific binding, I'd use something like GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW
even though it's a broken GPIO and broken interrupt :)

Regards,

Tony
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