Re: [PATCHv2 0/5] Add generic pinctrl helpers for managing groups and function

From: Tony Lindgren
Date: Fri Dec 30 2016 - 11:00:06 EST


* Gary Bisson <gary.bisson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [161230 07:43]:
> Hi Linus,
>
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Here are some changes to add generic helpers for managing pinctrl groups and
> >> functions.
> >
> > I applied it, screwed around with it and pushed to the build servers to see
> > if it survived.
> >
> > I really like the look of this and I hope lots of driver start to use it.
> >
> > Gary, I just applied your radix patches for i.MX, can you look if you can
> > use the GENERIC_PINCTRL_GROUPS and GENERIC_PINMUX_FUCNTIONS
> > that Tony invented and that I just merged to my devel branch in the
> > pinctrl tree?
>
> Yes I will have a look. It does sound like a good idea. I'll share my
> findings beginning of next week.

OK great. Note that we may be able to come up also with a generic
iterator function for the node_to_map functions so maybe see if
you come up with some ideas for that while experimenting :)

Tony