RE: [PATCH 0/3] Renesas RZ PFC and GPIO driver

[Chris Brandt <Chris.Brandt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jacopo,

On Tuesday, January 10, 2017, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> So, I guess what direction to take depends on whether or not we're going
> to see more hardware with a per-pin configuration that would benefit from
> this new rz-pfc driver (it seems so) and if this justify splitting sh-pfc
> in two, a group-based one for R-Car devices (and all devices there
> already) and a new pin-based one.

Well, since I'm the one with the "renesas.com" email address, I'll try to
see if I can figure out if the R-Car PFC can be changed to something else for
R-Car Gen4. Same goes for RZ/G. Sometimes the chip designers just keep doing
the same thing over and over again because they don't get any feedback from
the SW guys.


> Or maybe we can tie pin-based configuration in sh-pfc and it's me not
> seeing how to do that.

At some point....we do need to leave the "sh-" name behind as I don't really
see much of a future for SH4 devices. Using something like pinctrl-renesas
is probably a better name. Although, anyone who's watched the semiconductor
business over the years knows that names never stay the same. (sigh)


Chris
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