Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: document pinctrl-single,pins when #pinctrl-cells = 2

[Tony Lindgren]

* Trent Piepho <tpiepho@xxxxxxxxx> [200924 01:34]:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 11:57 PM Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Also FYI, folks have also complained for a long time that the pinctrl-single
> > binding mixes mux and conf values while they should be handled separately.
> >
> 
> Instead of combining two fields when the dts is generated they are now
> combined when the pinctrl-single driver reads the dts.  Other than
> this detail, the result is the same.  The board dts source is the
> same.  The value programmed into the pinctrl register is the same.
> There is no mechanism currently that can alter that value in any way.
> 
> What does combining them later allow that is not possible now?

It now allows further driver changes to manage conf and mux separately :)

Regards,

Tony