Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] arm64: dts: s32g: make pinctrl part of mfd node

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 01, 2024 at 10:06:09AM +0200, Andrei Stefanescu wrote:
> SIUL2 is now represented as an mfd device. Therefore, the old
> pinctrl node is deprecated. Move the pinctrl related properties
> inside the new "nxp-siul2" node. The latter one is now used
> to represent the mfd device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrei Stefanescu <andrei.stefanescu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/s32g2.dtsi | 26 +++++++++++-------------
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/s32g3.dtsi | 26 +++++++++++-------------
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/s32g2.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/s32g2.dtsi
> index fa054bfe7d5c..e14ce5503e1f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/s32g2.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/s32g2.dtsi
> @@ -114,20 +114,18 @@ soc@0 {
>  		#size-cells = <1>;
>  		ranges = <0 0 0 0x80000000>;
>  
> -		pinctrl: pinctrl@4009c240 {
> -			compatible = "nxp,s32g2-siul2-pinctrl";
> -				/* MSCR0-MSCR101 registers on siul2_0 */
> -			reg = <0x4009c240 0x198>,
> -				/* MSCR112-MSCR122 registers on siul2_1 */
> -			      <0x44010400 0x2c>,
> -				/* MSCR144-MSCR190 registers on siul2_1 */
> -			      <0x44010480 0xbc>,
> -				/* IMCR0-IMCR83 registers on siul2_0 */
> -			      <0x4009ca40 0x150>,
> -				/* IMCR119-IMCR397 registers on siul2_1 */
> -			      <0x44010c1c 0x45c>,
> -				/* IMCR430-IMCR495 registers on siul2_1 */
> -			      <0x440110f8 0x108>;
> +		siul2: siul2@4009c000 {

This will affect users of this DTS. Your commit lacks rationale for
doing this, considering its impact. Re-describing devices is really
unexpected so should come with strong arguments.

Best regards,
Krzysztof