Re: [PATCH 03/12] pinctrl: sunxi: add driver for Allwinner V853.

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> That is actually a good argument: At the moment I am happy with my
> proposal (the allwinner,pinmux = <number>; property), but that seems like
> standard #15 then.
> So would biting the bullet and adopting the Apple/STM32 way then be more
> sustainable?

I suppose...

> On the other hand: the allwinner,pinmux solution has the advantage of being
> already written and proven working, also it stays very close to the
> existing description/binding - so implementations like U-Boot could just
> keep on using the "function" string.
>
> I am a bit torn here... I don't think I will find the solitude to
> implement this "Apple" approach in the next few weeks.

I think whatever the Allwinner maintainers agree is the best should
be what you go for. It is a lot of hobbyist maintainers in this space
and for them the bar should be lower.

If you have buy-in from the other maintainers, then go for that
solution.

Yours,
Linus Walleij