On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/31/2016 03:36 PM, Rob Herring wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:58 AM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 05:50:09PM +0100, Neil Armstrong wrote: >>>>> Add pinctrl and gpio DT bindings for PLX Technology OXNAS SoC Family. >>>>> This version supports the ARM926EJ-S based OX810SE SoC with 34 IO pins. >>>>> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>>>> + - plxtech,gpio-bank: Specifies which bank a controller owns. >>>> >>>> How is this used? >>> >>> That is used to give a unique ID number to the bank. >>> >>> Hardware often need this to cross-reference pin controllers >>> to GPIO banks. >>> >>> I should add it as "gpio-bank" to the generic bindings >>> instead, several platforms already use this and there is >>> no point in having a vendor prefix in front of it. >> >> Okay, now it is clearer. I don't want this documented as a common >> property because I don't want to encourage it's use. I only see 2 >> users currently: ST and PIC32. >> >> Looking at one example, it appears to be redundant already. >> nomadik-gpio-chips property already gives you the index. The index of >> the phandles is the bank numbering. PIC32 could do the same. >> >> Rob >> > > Hi, > > What should I use ? Maybe gpio-ranges as you asked. Not really sure as I haven't used it. > I need to repost in a separate patchset with vendor replaced by Oxford Semiconductor. > Should I get rid of the vendor prefix of gpio-bank ? No, because I think you should get rid of the property. Rob -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
