Hi Jmondi, On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 7:11 PM, jmondi <jacopo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Dong, > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 02:25:08PM +0800, Dong Aisheng wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 5:44 PM, jmondi <jacopo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Fair enough :) >> > >> > I'll try to keep this short: I don't like "output-enable", and at the >> > same time I don't think "output-high" and "output-low" fit well for >> > this purpose, as they electrically means something different from what >> > our (and IMX) use case is: enabling/disabling input/output >> > buffers internal to pin controller/gpio block HW and not driving a value >> > there. >> > >> > This seems clear to me from the "GPIO mode pitfalls" section of >> > pinctrl.txt documentation examples and from the fact that generic bindings >> > did not expose an "output" flag because if you drive an output line, you >> > reasonably either drive it high or low. >> > >> > Unfortunately I cannot convince myself that the same reasons apply >> > to the input use case. Enabling input on a pin implies the pinctrl/gpio driver >> > has to enable any input buffer required to use that pin as a properly >> > working input line, and enabling an input buffer implies being able to sense >> > the line value from there, so I don't see that much use for "input-buffer-enable" >> > alone. >> > >> > So, even if bindings could look a bit weird as there won't be a direct >> > matching between properties names used to enable input/output buffers, >> > my vote is to add "output-buffer-enable" only, and keep using the >> > already there "input-enable" properties for the input use case. >> > >> >> Yes, it may be a bit weird. >> I'm not pad internal details expert and can't tell much difference between >> output-enable and output-buffer-enable. >> I just feel a bit confuse if only using output-buffer-enable. > > Yes it is, and I actually like your proposal, I was just trying to > make sure I was not confusing the property semantic with its > real-world effect. > > If no one as different opinions on this, I can send a patch later to > add output-enable only, or since you have almost done it down here you > can do the same resusing what you have proposed below. Please feel free to do it. Just one thing, may be we could also add PIN_CONFIG_OUTPUT_ENABLE as well. >> >> If enable both input and output, it becomes: >> pinctrl_xxx: gpios_xxx_grp { >> pins = < >> ULP1_PAD_PTD0__PTD0 >> >; >> input-enable; >> output-buffer-enable; >> bias-pull-up; >> }; >> >> How about still use output-enable in pairs to input-enable but explain more >> in comments? >> Aslo update 'input-enable' comment to 'enable input buffer'. >> e.g. >> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.c >> b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.c >> index 720a19f..96c83a4 100644 >> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.c >> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.c >> @@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ static const struct pinconf_generic_params dt_params[] = { >> { "input-schmitt-enable", PIN_CONFIG_INPUT_SCHMITT_ENABLE, 1 }, >> { "low-power-disable", PIN_CONFIG_LOW_POWER_MODE, 0 }, >> { "low-power-enable", PIN_CONFIG_LOW_POWER_MODE, 1 }, >> + { "output-enable", PIN_CONFIG_OUTPUT_ENABLE, 1 }, >> { "output-high", PIN_CONFIG_OUTPUT, 1, }, >> { "output-low", PIN_CONFIG_OUTPUT, 0, }, >> { "power-source", PIN_CONFIG_POWER_SOURCE, 0 }, >> diff --git a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.h >> b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.h >> index 7620eb1..d30f4fe 100644 >> --- a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.h >> +++ b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.h >> @@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ >> * which means it will wait for signals to settle when reading inputs. The >> * argument gives the debounce time in usecs. Setting the >> * argument to zero turns debouncing off. >> - * @PIN_CONFIG_INPUT_ENABLE: enable the pin's input. Note that this does not >> - * affect the pin's ability to drive output. 1 enables input, 0 disables >> - * input. >> + * @PIN_CONFIG_INPUT_ENABLE: enable the pin's input buffer. Note >> that this does >> + * not affect the pin's ability to drive output. >> + * 1 enables input, 0 disables input. > > I would not mention the "input buffer" here, as enabling input implies enabling > the buffer if you want to read values from there. Actually I guess > there may be platforms where buffer enabling may be implicit, so I > would leave this out and let drivers handle it internally. > I'm fine with it. Regards Dong Aisheng >> * @PIN_CONFIG_INPUT_SCHMITT: this will configure an input pin to run in >> * schmitt-trigger mode. If the schmitt-trigger has adjustable hysteresis, >> * the threshold value is given on a custom format as argument when >> @@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ >> * operation, if several modes of operation are supported these can be >> * passed in the argument on a custom form, else just use argument 1 >> * to indicate low power mode, argument 0 turns low power mode off. >> + * @PIN_CONFIG_OUTPUT_ENABLE: only enable the pin's output buffer, not driving >> + * a value. >> + * 1 enables output buffer, 0 disables output buffer. >> * @PIN_CONFIG_OUTPUT: this will configure the pin as an output. Use argument >> * 1 to indicate high level, argument 0 to indicate low level. (Please >> * see Documentation/pinctrl.txt, section "GPIO mode pitfalls" for a >> >> Or >> invent both input-buffer-enable and output-buffer-enable and >> deprecated input-enable? >> >> Andy, >> how about your comments? >> >> Regards >> Dong Aisheng >> >> > Thanks >> > j >> > >> >> >> >> Yours, >> >> Linus Walleij -- 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