Thread (49 messages) flat view 49 messages, 5 authors, 2012-02-13

RE: Pinmux bindings proposal V2

From: Stephen Warren <hidden>
Date: 2012-01-27 17:36:19
Also in: linux-arm-kernel, lkml

Tony Lindgren wrote at Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:09 PM:
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I don't think we should try to pass the different possible states from
device tree. The pinmux/pinconf driver should know how to deal with that,
Somehow, the pinctrl driver needs to know how to implement each state. In 
general, I believe this will be board-specific.

Do you disagree with this assertion?

If the data is board-specific, I don't see how it can be represented
anywhere but the device tree.
and the driver using the mux should be able to communicate what it wants
to the pinmux/pinconf driver. If people really want to be able to pass
alternative mux states from device tree, they should be standard bindings
for things like active/idle/suspend/off.
As I've mentioned before, people have asked for driver-specific states to
handle the case where e.g. drive strength must be adjusted based on clock
rates of the interface. Again, I believe that's board-specific data since
the actual values to use may be derived during board calibration, not
SoC design.

Do you disagree that this data may be board specific?

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