Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: sun7i: add pinctrl for missing uart mux options

[Chen-Yu Tsai]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 7:00 PM MÃns RullgÃrd <mans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 04:58:49PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> >> On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 2:21 AM Mans Rullgard <mans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > This adds pinctrl settings for various missing uart options.
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Mans Rullgard <mans@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > ---
> >> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/sun7i-a20.dtsi | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> >  1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)
> >> >
> >> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun7i-a20.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun7i-a20.dtsi
> >> > index af5b067a5f83..2295ff5adf48 100644
> >> > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun7i-a20.dtsi
> >> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun7i-a20.dtsi
> >> > @@ -944,6 +944,31 @@
> >> >                                 function = "uart0";
> >> >                         };
> >> >
> >> > +                       uart0_pf_pins: uart0-pf-pins {
> >> > +                               pins = "PF2", "PF4";
> >> > +                               function = "uart0";
> >> > +                       };
> >>
> >> We've had the policy of not adding pinctrl nodes that aren't used in-tree,
> >> to avoid bloating up the blob size. However DTC 1.4.7 introduced the new
> >> /omit-if-no-ref/ directive, which would make the compiler discard marked
> >> nodes if they aren't referenced.
> >>
> >> So please add this to all the new nodes. It seems to work regardless whether
> >> you add it before or after the label, though having it after the label seems
> >> to make vim syntax highlighting happier.
>
> Should we also add this to existing nodes?
>
> BTW, I really do need all those uart pin options.

Note that /omit-if-no-ref/ does not work with dtc -@,
as in the node will be removed if no references to it
are found within the same file. It will not result in
a symbol being created.

I have a patch for that but haven't sent it out yet.

ChenYu