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From: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
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Subject: Re: Pinmux bindings proposal
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* Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> [120118 11:48]:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 07:32:56AM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > 
> > But then the .dts file becomes an unreadable matrix unless we have
> > a preprocessor..
> 
> One node per pin does get excessive in a hurry.  I prefer the one node
> per pin controller.  Tools can be written to make writing the
> definition easier.
 
OK that's fine with me. It would be nice to have the .dts readable
too, so I'd prefer a preprocessor over a .dts generation tool to
keep the .dts files readable. Bugs in .dts file can be a big pain
to debug it seems.

Regards,

Tony