From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Walleij Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: qcom: Add generic ssbi and spmi GPIO/MPP bindings Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 10:19:32 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20160711190109.16758-1-sboyd@codeaurora.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20160711190109.16758-1-sboyd@codeaurora.org> Sender: linux-gpio-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Boyd Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org" , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 9:01 PM, Stephen Boyd wrote: > The drivers don't really need to know which PMIC they're for, so > make a generic binding for them. This alleviates us from updating > the drivers every time a new PMIC comes out. It's still > recommended that we update the binding with new PMIC models and > always specify the specific model for the MPPs and gpios before > the generic compatible string in devicetree, but this at least > cuts down on adding more and more compatible strings to the > drivers until we actually need them. > > Cc: > Acked-by: "Ivan T. Ivanov" > Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson > Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd Patch applied with Rob's ACK. Yours, Linus Walleij