Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/12] Document: dt: binding: imx: update pinctrl doc
for imx6sll

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:57 AM, Jacky Bai [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Another thing is that we can use a pins-tool program developed by NXP
to  generate the pinctrl configuration code that can be used directly
in dts. This tiny program can avoid pin function conflict. As on i.MX,
there are so may pins, each pin can be used for up 8  function.
Configuring the pins is a time-consuming work.  This tools is very useful for

customer to generate the dts code.

I understand, but every silicon vendor has such a tool, all are different,
proprietary and unfriendly to programmers and open source developers, who
need to understand how the hardware is working without magic tools and
secret data sheets to fix bugs.

For the people working with maintaining the code it is paramount that DTS files
are self-descriptive.

OK.  Thanks for your comments.  Adding generic-pinconf in imx pinctrl needs some time
to finish and the legacy method still need be here even if generic-pinconf is added. 
Do you plan to pick this legacy binding patch for now?

Yours,
Linus Walleij