RE: [RFC 0/5] Renesas RZ series pinctrl driver

[Chris Brandt <Chris.Brandt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday, January 30, 2017, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > It depends on the actual hardware: while per-pin settings are suitable
> > for SoCs that have per-pin hardware configuration (e.g. RZ/A1), it's
> > not suitable for SoCs where that's not the case, and where the
> > hardware has group-wise configuration (e.g. on R-Car).
> >
> > Hence IMHO "the future of Renesas pin control" will remain a split
> > personality for a while ;-)
> >
> > Laurent: please kick me if you disagree...
> 
> I unfortunately agree. Maybe we could try to speed up the process by
> providing feedback to the hardware engineers ?

For what it's worth, I fired off my 'rant and rave' last week about the
current R-Car PFC block so I'll be curious to see what they say. Of
course, I'm on the RZ side of the company, so maybe someone on the R-Car
side might have better luck.


Chris


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