Re: [RFC/PATCH] pinctrl: qcom: Add generic ssbi and spmi GPIO/MPP bindings

From: Ivan T. Ivanov
Date: Mon Nov 23 2015 - 01:37:29 EST



> On Nov 18, 2015, at 3:00 AM, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The drivers don't really need to know which PMIC they're for, so
> make a generic binding for them. This alleviates us from updating
> the drivers every time a new PMIC comes out. It's still
> recommended that we update the binding with new PMIC models and
> always specify the specific model for the MPPs and gpios before
> the generic compatible string in devicetree, but this at least
> cuts down on adding more and more compatible strings to the
> drivers until we actually need them.
>
> Cc: <devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Ivan T. Ivanov" <iivanov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

Acked-by: Ivan T. Ivanov <iivanov.xz@xxxxxxxxx>
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