Re: [PATCH 06/14] dt-bindings: pinctrl: qcom: tlmm should use output-disable, not input-enable

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 23/03/2023 18:30, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> As evidenced by the Qualcomm TLMM Linux driver, the TLMM IP block in
> Qualcomm SoCs has a bit to enable/disable the output for a pin that's
> configured as a GPIO but _not_ a bit to enable/disable an input
> buffer. Current device trees that are specifying "input-enable" for
> pins managed by TLMM are either doing so needlessly or are using it to
> mean "output-disable".
> 
> Presumably the current convention of using "input-enable" to mean
> "output-disable" stems from the fact that "output-disable" is a "new"
> property from 2017. It was introduced in commit 425562429d4f
> ("pinctrl: generic: Add output-enable property"). The "input-enable"
> handling in Qualcomm drivers is from 2015 introduced in commit
> 407f5e392f9c ("pinctrl: qcom: handle input-enable pinconf property").
> 
> Given that there's no other use for "input-enable" for TLMM, we can
> still handle old device trees in code, but let's encourage people to
> move to the proper / documented property by updating the bindings.
> 


Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Krzysztof