From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Gross Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] pinctrl: qcom: Add generic ssbi and spmi GPIO/MPP bindings Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 22:09:18 -0600 Message-ID: <20151118040918.GA7327@qualcomm.com> References: <1447808426-21834-1-git-send-email-sboyd@codeaurora.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1447808426-21834-1-git-send-email-sboyd@codeaurora.org> Sender: linux-arm-msm-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Boyd Cc: Linus Walleij , 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, "Ivan T. Ivanov" , Bjorn Andersson List-Id: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 05:00:26PM -0800, 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: > Cc: "Ivan T. Ivanov" > Cc: Bjorn Andersson > Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd Reviewed-by: Andy Gross -- Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project