Re: [PATCH] efikamx: reintroduce Genesi Efika MX Smarttop via devicetree

From: Shawn Guo
Date: Thu Aug 09 2012 - 21:40:40 EST


On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 09:29:39AM -0500, Matt Sealey wrote:
> The reason the new kernel depends on the new U-Boot is we're trying to
> do all pinmux configuration in U-Boot (and we do in-house, and it
> works). No pinctrl stuff in the kernel or device tree is required at
> this point. The Old Kernel will remux a few things redundantly or
> change drive strengths or whatever or add hysteresis to the UART port
> which is not board-burning but is not really necessary, but it will
> work. The new kernel will just be able to do what it does out of the
> box, which is how it should be (hence why I object to adding pinctrl
> setup...)
>
Then I will have to refuse to accept your patch, because I'm working on
a series to remove pinctrl_provide_dummies() from imx51_dt_init().

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Regards,
Shawn

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