Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] ARM: dts: vf610: use new GPIO support

From: Shawn Guo
Date: Fri Sep 26 2014 - 10:52:34 EST


On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 09:40:34AM +0200, Stefan Agner wrote:
> This GPIO's are meant to be used from user space by default. The latest
> implementation of imx_pmx_gpio_request_enable not only takes care of the
> muxing, but also applies the whole pad settings. Hence we do not need
> the pinctrl subsystem to apply it (through pinctrl-* dt properties).
>
> I changed this now in v3, in v2 I had still to use the pinctrl-*
> properties. I like that 3rd version much more, this way the pin only
> really gets muxed when the user uses it (e.g. we save power because the
> pad is disabled when the GPIO is not in use). If the pin needs to be in
> a defined state, then we would have to explicitly configure/enable it
> through a pinctrl-* properties, but this is not the case for these
> external GPIO's.

Ah, yes, you're right. I was still thinking about the way how it worked
before your patch.

Patch applied, thanks.
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