Re: [PATCH v2 05/12] Document: dt: binding: imx: update pinctrl doc for imx6sll

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 7:35 AM, Jacky Bai <ping.bai@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/12] Document: dt: binding: imx: update pinctrl doc
>> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:57 AM, Jacky Bai <ping.bai@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > Another thing is that we can use a pins-tool program developed by NXP
>> > to  generate the pinctrl configuration code that can be used directly
>> > in dts. This tiny program can avoid pin function conflict. As on i.MX,
>> > there are so may pins, each pin can be used for up 8  function.
>> > Configuring the pins is a time-consuming work.  This tools is very useful for
>> customer to generate the dts code.
>>
>> I understand, but every silicon vendor has such a tool, all are different,
>> proprietary and unfriendly to programmers and open source developers, who
>> need to understand how the hardware is working without magic tools and
>> secret data sheets to fix bugs.
>>
>> For the people working with maintaining the code it is paramount that DTS files
>> are self-descriptive.
>
> OK.  Thanks for your comments.  Adding generic-pinconf in imx pinctrl needs some time
> to finish and the legacy method still need be here even if generic-pinconf is added.
> Do you plan to pick this legacy binding patch for now?

As I said earlier:

> atleast I need an indication from one of the i.MX maintainers how they
> want to proceed.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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