Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] pinctrl: imx1: Allow parsing DT without function nodes

From: Linus Walleij

Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 15:56:36 EST


On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> The old format to define pinctrl settings for imx in DT has two hierarchy
> levels. The first level are function device nodes. The second level are
> pingroups which contain a property fsl,pins. The original ntention was to
> define all pin functions in a single dtsi file and just reference the
> correct ones in the board files.
>
> The commit ("5fcdf6a7ed95e pinctrl: imx: Allow parsing DT without function
> nodes") already make moden i.MX chip support flatten layout.
>
> Make legacy chipes (more than 15 years) support this flatten layout also.
>
> Fixes: e948cbdc41d6f ("ARM: dts: imx: remove redundant intermediate node in pinmux hierarchy")
> Tested-by: Sébastien Szymanski <sebastien.szymanski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>

No reaction from other i.MX maintainers but OK, patch applied for fixes!

Yours,
Linus Walleij