From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 877C3C43217 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2022 23:11:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S237245AbiAaXLu (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:11:50 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:44834 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S237418AbiAaXLu (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:11:50 -0500 Received: from mail-pj1-x1036.google.com (mail-pj1-x1036.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1036]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 14F96C061714; Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:11:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-pj1-x1036.google.com with SMTP id o16-20020a17090aac1000b001b62f629953so698922pjq.3; Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:11:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject:content-language:to :cc:references:from:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=wjPghJ2FTNZ5W0woqreUfJCGSMslHYBonQKjH2YGK/c=; b=CvdPCAeHHR21ncoEVeefAryOB7PeUjmTLQpgdRDC71EmL1xqO3H+Hx4DW6HE2p0RFf O+T7udhR7D6dm31kO8XXiapdKceb9tJHB0n876eluLE2DyU4uhX/zrsJ2PbFqQaabhtF NsWZ5Ri+sYInM7Tjv5Y82XzF+NtEsifDn83nmHX5NzsVqox/0hnr/SdqT+wMmR03nGBv r/rBHKKKAXbDSYJlzTA1Kycs8/GzHt1eYLp1squtI6DwJM5wPja2DlSOvk8ljLPF8PYM 1fefTAVgAYWolPAauJuYoibcEahy9yWVDu8iMenxd71y9ks90zBECKtXEDdHKPNC2K1Z grbQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:cc:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=wjPghJ2FTNZ5W0woqreUfJCGSMslHYBonQKjH2YGK/c=; b=Gi9U/T7/Hq4Tn3hYxzAacP9lhQ42ScTt34OrYAsbc3975CqEgkvS96GfnPKr9b4vih tbIaCnjQhw2kzG1JbWTJHACHsIXdJLgC+IyBGOdAWEM0U7AAqQuVQtnH35GlxDPlJqB1 He3N66iigz9KYIYEaX6ZWZwnf77w2az+ZYqvZ+C+JWKZM+nc2fWqCaQewU8b1aoSsaU3 wKCAj80etHhernwJEjjdn8uRIw+uvAB9jTUOqqF9qqVL7UAehMxoeM4+gf+9w+QbziHe KRGii1twZAti8OD6lBZSlQikxMs9cZcwHoTC/WNEFmUj7LMo+5b/2CQJenbyCciklLAo KCfw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531Trmdj7XOV+3coYBXJ9k9sYWKBpqaZiX/E9Yn9BPevuCCN+Tg3 7hVvNAALXfyc9PRXpO0rZ5A= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxQ2tP/Cu7ZsuYkoiUe8W9KnvlUk5iFT3DsEwgDbApIk6MQqNi0ruCaBHn7qX2M4CJk/c2ryw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:33c6:: with SMTP id lk6mr26990073pjb.213.1643670709597; Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:11:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (ip72-194-116-95.oc.oc.cox.net. [72.194.116.95]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j12sm19449219pgf.63.2022.01.31.15.11.47 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:11:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <38635f9f-eec3-57fc-a72f-7cd6b0a0c590@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:11:47 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.5.0 Subject: Re: [RFC v6 net-next 1/9] pinctrl: ocelot: allow pinctrl-ocelot to be loaded as a module Content-Language: en-US To: Colin Foster , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Steen Hegelund , Lars Povlsen , Linus Walleij , Russell King , Heiner Kallweit , Jakub Kicinski , "David S. Miller" , Vivien Didelot , Andrew Lunn , UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com, Alexandre Belloni , Claudiu Manoil , Vladimir Oltean , Lee Jones , katie.morris@in-advantage.com References: <20220129220221.2823127-1-colin.foster@in-advantage.com> <20220129220221.2823127-2-colin.foster@in-advantage.com> From: Florian Fainelli In-Reply-To: <20220129220221.2823127-2-colin.foster@in-advantage.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org On 1/29/2022 2:02 PM, Colin Foster wrote: > Work is being done to allow external control of Ocelot chips. When pinctrl > drivers are used internally, it wouldn't make much sense to allow them to > be loaded as modules. In the case where the Ocelot chip is controlled > externally, this scenario becomes practical. > > Signed-off-by: Colin Foster Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli -- Florian