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Mon, 21 Nov 2022 04:31:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2cc7a3c5-563d-cdf6-f49b-5e0a9852fb54@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 13:31:08 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.4.2 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] Remove the pins-are-numbered DT property Content-Language: en-US To: =?UTF-8?Q?Bernhard_Rosenkr=c3=a4nzer?= , devicetree@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org, khilman@baylibre.com, mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com, alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com References: <20221121015451.2471196-1-bero@baylibre.com> From: Matthias Brugger In-Reply-To: <20221121015451.2471196-1-bero@baylibre.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20221121_043115_254256_61C8F74A X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 16.65 ) X-BeenThere: linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "Linux-mediatek" Errors-To: linux-mediatek-bounces+linux-mediatek=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org 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. Regards, Matthias