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From: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
To: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Cc: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: Add generic pinctrl-simple driver that supports omap2+ padconf
Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 14:19:13 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FAAD141.3090306@wwwdotorg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120504220809.GW5613@atomide.com>

On 05/04/2012 04:08 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org> [120504 11:59]:
>> On 05/04/2012 10:34 AM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>> * Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> [120504 08:58]:
>>>> On 08:03 Fri 04 May     , Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> so I was thinking to do like on gpio
>>>>>>
>>>>>> uart {
>>>>>> 	pin = < &pioA 12 {pararms} >
>>>>>>
>>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmm I assume the "12" above the gpio number?
>>>> no pin number in the bank because it could not be gpio
>>>
>>> Yes OK, but pin number 12 in the gpio bank, not in the mux register.
>>> Got it.
>>
>> I'd prefer to avoid any references to GPIOs here; not all muxable pins
>> are GPIOs and not all GPIOs are muxable pins. Lets keep the two concepts
>> independent.
> 
> And it seems that &pioA 12 is not always enough information for the pinctrl
> driver to request a GPIO. So it's best to specify it separately.

Why would a pinctrl driver "request a GPIO"?

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From: swarren@wwwdotorg.org (Stephen Warren)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] pinctrl: Add generic pinctrl-simple driver that supports omap2+ padconf
Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 14:19:13 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FAAD141.3090306@wwwdotorg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120504220809.GW5613@atomide.com>

On 05/04/2012 04:08 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org> [120504 11:59]:
>> On 05/04/2012 10:34 AM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>> * Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> [120504 08:58]:
>>>> On 08:03 Fri 04 May     , Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> so I was thinking to do like on gpio
>>>>>>
>>>>>> uart {
>>>>>> 	pin = < &pioA 12 {pararms} >
>>>>>>
>>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmm I assume the "12" above the gpio number?
>>>> no pin number in the bank because it could not be gpio
>>>
>>> Yes OK, but pin number 12 in the gpio bank, not in the mux register.
>>> Got it.
>>
>> I'd prefer to avoid any references to GPIOs here; not all muxable pins
>> are GPIOs and not all GPIOs are muxable pins. Lets keep the two concepts
>> independent.
> 
> And it seems that &pioA 12 is not always enough information for the pinctrl
> driver to request a GPIO. So it's best to specify it separately.

Why would a pinctrl driver "request a GPIO"?

  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-09 20:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-02 17:24 [PATCH] pinctrl: Add generic pinctrl-simple driver that supports omap2+ padconf Tony Lindgren
2012-05-02 17:24 ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-03  6:51 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-05-03  6:51   ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-05-03 15:27   ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-03 15:27     ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-03 22:34     ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-03 22:34       ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-04  4:43       ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-05-04  4:43         ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-05-04 15:03         ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-04 15:03           ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-04 15:32           ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-05-04 15:32             ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-05-04 15:32             ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-05-04 16:34             ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-04 16:34               ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-04 16:38               ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-05-04 16:38                 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-05-04 18:55               ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-04 18:55                 ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-04 22:08                 ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-04 22:08                   ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-09 20:19                   ` Stephen Warren [this message]
2012-05-09 20:19                     ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-09 20:49                     ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-09 20:49                       ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-10 17:05                       ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-10 17:05                         ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-10 17:27                         ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-10 17:27                           ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-11 19:17                           ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-11 19:17                             ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-11 19:51                             ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-11 19:51                               ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-11 21:04                               ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-11 21:04                                 ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-11 21:18                                 ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-11 21:18                                   ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-12 23:49                         ` Linus Walleij
2012-05-12 23:49                           ` Linus Walleij
2012-05-12 23:49                           ` Linus Walleij
2012-05-14 18:38                           ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-14 18:38                             ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-15 20:07                             ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-15 20:07                               ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-16  7:14                             ` Linus Walleij
2012-05-16  7:14                               ` Linus Walleij
2012-05-16 15:53                               ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-16 15:53                                 ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-05  2:04                 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-05-05  2:04                   ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-05-09 20:24                   ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-09 20:24                     ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-09  9:09           ` Linus Walleij
2012-05-09  9:09             ` Linus Walleij
2012-05-09 20:50             ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-09 20:50               ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-04 19:23 ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-04 19:23   ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-04 21:57   ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-04 21:57     ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-09 20:16     ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-09 20:16       ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-09 21:08       ` Tony Lindgren
2012-05-09 21:08         ` Tony Lindgren

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