Re: [RFC 2/5] dt-bindings: pinctrl: add pic64gx "gpio2" pinmux

[Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>]

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On Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 04:47:12PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 01:32:37PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > pin     role (1/0)
> > > ---     ----------
> > > E14     MAC_0_MDC/GPIO_2_0
> > > E15     MAC_0_MDIO/GPIO_2_1
> > > F16     MAC_1_MDC/GPIO_2_2
> > > F17     MAC_1_MDIO/GPIO_2_3
> > 
> > So this is a group you can name "mac_grp" and a function
> > you can name "mac".
> > 
> > > D19     SPI_0_CLK/GPIO_2_4
> > > B18     SPI_0_SS0/GPIO_2_5
> > (...)
> > > E19     SPI_0_DO/GPIO_2_10
> > > C7      SPI_0_DI/GPIO_2_11
> > 
> > These pins would be "spi0_grp", function "spi0".
> > 
> > etc. No need for "pinmux" properties just use classix
> > group and function strings.
> 
> tbh, I found it hard to understand the "line" between using a pinmux
> property and where stuff should be described in groups or functions in a
> driver. What is that line?

You may have noticed that I never really review pinctrl bindings, and it
is the lack of experience with this kind of decision that's why I never
do it.

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