Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] pinctrl: at91: add support for generic pinconf

[Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>]

On 08/24/2013 03:37 PM, Boris BREZILLON wrote:
> Add support for generic pin configuration to pinctrl-at91 driver.

> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/atmel,at91-pinctrl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/atmel,at91-pinctrl.txt

>  Required properties for iomux controller:
> -- compatible: "atmel,at91rm9200-pinctrl"
> +- compatible: "atmel,at91rm9200-pinctrl" or "atmel,at91sam9x5-pinctrl".

You seem to also be adding a second chip name to the list here, which is
more than the patch subject/description imply you're doing...

> +  Add "generic-pinconf" to the compatible string list to use the generic pin
> +  configuration syntax.

"generic-pinconf" is too generic of a compatible value for this binding
to define.

Instead, I think you want to either:

a)

Use compatible="atmel,at91rm9200-pinctrl" for the old binding,
use compatible="atmel,at91rm9200-pinctrl-generic" for the new binding

or:

b)

Define Boolean property atmel,generic-pinconf (perhaps a better name
could be chosen?). If it's not present, parse the node assuming the old
binding. If it is present, parse the node assuming the new binding.