Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: aspeed: Force to disable the function's signal

[Linus Walleij]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 12:18 PM Billy Tsai <billy_tsai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When the driver want to disable the signal of the function, it doesn't
> need to query the state of the mux function's signal on a pin. The
> condition below will miss the disable of the signal:
> Ball | Default | P0 Signal | P0 Expression               | Other
> -----+---------+-----------+-----------------------------+----------
>  E21   GPIOG0    SD2CLK      SCU4B4[16]=1 & SCU450[1]=1    GPIOG0
> -----+---------+-----------+-----------------------------+----------
>  B22   GPIOG1    SD2CMD      SCU4B4[17]=1 & SCU450[1]=1    GPIOG1
> -----+---------+-----------+-----------------------------+----------
> Assume the register status like below:
> SCU4B4[16] == 1 & SCU4B4[17] == 1 & SCU450[1]==1
> After the driver set the Ball E21 to the GPIOG0:
> SCU4B4[16] == 0 & SCU4B4[17] == 1 & SCU450[1]==0
> When the driver want to set the Ball B22 to the GPIOG1, the condition of
> the SD2CMD will be false causing SCU4B4[17] not to be cleared.
>
> Signed-off-by: Billy Tsai <billy_tsai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I can't see the verdict for this patch? Will there be a new
version, or are we in the middle of a discussion?
I'd really like Andrew's ACK on the result before merging.

Yours,
Linus Walleij