RE: [PATCH V4 1/7] dt-bindings: pinctrl: extend the pinmux property to support integers array

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Hi Jacopo,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jmondi [mailto:jacopo@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 5:51 AM
> To: A.s. Dong
> Cc: linux-gpio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx; shawnguo@xxxxxxxxxx; stefan@xxxxxxxx; Jacky Bai;
> Andy Duan; kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Rob Herring; Mark Rutland;
> devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jacopo Mondi
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 1/7] dt-bindings: pinctrl: extend the pinmux
> property to support integers array
> 
> Hi Dong,
>    thanks for this
> 
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 07:59:49PM +0800, Dong Aisheng wrote:
> > Some platforms may need more than one integer to represent a complete
> > pinmux binding, so let's extend the pinmux property to allow to accept
> > integer array instead of only a single integer.
> >
> > Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Dong Aisheng <aisheng.dong@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> > ChangeLog:
> >  * new patch
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt | 9
> > +++++----
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git
> > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt
> > index f01d154..1b954b5 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt
> > @@ -205,10 +205,11 @@ maintain.
> >
> >  For cases like this, the pin controller driver may use the pinmux
> > helper  property, where the pin identifier is packed with mux
> > configuration settings -in a single integer.
> > +in a single integer or integers array which depends on platform
> > +binding specific.
> >
> 
> s/or integers array/or a group of integers/ since you're using "group"
> below
> 
> s/ which depends on platform binding specific//
> 
> I'm not a native speaker, but this sounds weird to me. If I'm the only one,
> please ignore my comment otherwise please drop this
> 
> Actually, to avoid confusion between "array of integers" and "group of
> integers" I would provide a definition of what a "pinmux group" is before
> everything else.
> This is how the paragraph would look like:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
>  For cases like this, the pin controller driver may use the pinmux helper
> property, where the pin identifier is provided with mux configuration
> settings  in a pinmux group.
> 
>  A pinumux group consists of the pin identifier and mux settings
> represented as a single integer or an array of integers.
> 
>  The pinmux property accepts an array of pinmux groups, each of them
> describing  a single pin multiplexing configuration.
> 
>  pincontroller {
> 	state_0_node_a {
> 		pinmux = <PINMUX_GROUP>, <PINMUX_GROUP>, ...;
> 	};
>  };
> 
>  Each individual pin controller driver bindings documentation shall
> specify  how pin IDs and pin multiplexing configuration are defined and
> assembled together  in a pinmux group.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---

This does look much better.
I will renew the patch with your sign-off as well since it mostly from you.
Thanks for the great suggestion.

Regards
Dong Aisheng

> 
> Thanks
>    j
> 
> > -The pinmux property accepts an array of integers, each of them
> > describing -a single pin multiplexing configuration.
> > +The pinmux property accepts an array of group of integers, each group
> > +describing a single pin multiplexing configuration.
> >
> >  pincontroller {
> >  	state_0_node_a {
> > @@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ arguments are described below.
> >  - pinmux takes a list of pin IDs and mux settings as required argument.
> The
> >    specific bindings for the hardware defines:
> >    - How pin IDs and mux settings are defined and assembled together in
> a single
> > -    integer.
> > +    integer or integers array.
> >
> >  - bias-pull-up, -down and -pin-default take as optional argument on
> hardware
> >    supporting it the pull strength in Ohm. bias-disable will disable the
> pull.
> > --
> > 2.7.4
> >
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