Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: Support pin that does not support configuration option

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Fri Feb 12 2021 - 03:27:06 EST


On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 12:54 PM Michael Nazzareno Trimarchi
<michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 12:47 PM Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 5:21 AM Michael Trimarchi
> > <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Some of the iMX25 pins have not an associated configuration register so
> > > when they are configured the standard way through the device tree the
> > > kernel complains with:
> > >
> > > imx25-pinctrl 43fac000.iomuxc: Pin(MX25_PAD_EXT_ARMCLK) does not support
> > > config function
> >
> > Could you please share your device tree that causes this warning?
> >
> > Shouldn't you pass 0x80000000 in the devicetree for this pad then?
> >
> > 0x80000000 means that the kernel should not touch the PAD_CTL register
> > and use the default configuration from the bootloader/POR.
>
> arch/arm/boot/dts/imx25-lisa.dts:
> MX25_PAD_EXT_ARMCLK__GPIO_3_15 0x80000000
>
> The problem that exists pad that can be muxed but not configured

Did you reach any conclusion on this?

I need Fabio's consent to apply the patch, but it seems maybe the
DTS should be changed instead?

Yours,
Linus Walleij