Re: [PATCH 0/9] Remove the pins-are-numbered DT property

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>]

On 21/11/2022 13:31, Matthias Brugger wrote:
> Hi Bernhard,
> 
> On 21/11/2022 02:54, Bernhard Rosenkränzer wrote:
>> During the review of my MT8365 support patchset
>> (https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mediatek/20221117210356.3178578-1-bero@baylibre.com/),
>> the issue of the "pins-are-numbered" DeviceTree property has come up.
>>
>> This property is unique to Mediatek MT65xx and STM32 pinctrls, and
>> doesn't seem to serve any purpose (both the Mediatek and STM32 drivers
>> simply refuse to deal with a device unless pins-are-numbered is set to
>> true).
>>
>> There is no other use of this property in the kernel or in other projects
>> using DeviceTrees (checked u-boot and FreeBSD -- in both of those, the
>> flag is present in Mediatek and STM devicetrees, but not used anywhere).
>>
>> There is also no known use in userspace (in fact, a userland application
>> relying on the property would be broken because it would get true on
>> any Mediatek or STM chipset and false on all others, even though other
>> chipsets use numbered pins).
>>
>> This patchset removes all uses of pins-are-numbered.
>>
>>
> 
> My personal preference is to add a summary of the files touched by the series in 
> the cover letter (the tools will do that for you). This allows maintainers to 
> easier understand if they have to look deeper into the series or can ignore it.
> 
> No need to send again, just saying for the future.

Yep. And git format-patch does it automatically in both common cases -
writing cover letter manually or taking it from branch description
(which is absolutely cool, IMHO).

Best regards,
Krzysztof