Re: [PATCH 0/3] pinctrl: sunxi: Remove non-existent reset line references

[Samuel Holland]

Hi Jernej,

On 5/31/22 10:22 AM, Jernej Škrabec wrote:
> Dne torek, 31. maj 2022 ob 07:36:20 CEST je Samuel Holland napisal(a):
>> I assume these properties came from a lack of documentation, and the
>> very reasonable assumption that where there's a clock gate bit in the
>> CCU, there's a reset bit. But the pin controllers are special and don't
>> have a module reset line. The only way to reset the pin controller is to
>> reset the whole VDD_SYS power domain.
>>
>> This series is preparation for converting the PRCM MFD and legacy clock
>> drivers to a CCU clock/reset driver like all of the other Allwinner
>> SoCs. I don't plan to add reset lines that don't actually exist to the
>> new CCU driver. So we might as well get rid of the references now.
>> Technically this breaks devicetree compatibility, since the old drivers
>> expect the reset. But the CCU conversion will be a compatibility break
>> anyway, so it's a bit of a moot point.
> 
> If I understand correclty, this would cause only DT forward compatibility 
> issue, which happens now and then anyway. Kernel would still be compatible 
> with older DTs, it would just ignore that reset, right?

Right, this only prevents older kernels from working with newer devicetrees. I
brought it up because I'm generally trying to minimize how much we do that.

Regards,
Samuel