Re: [PATCH RFC v1 2/2] pinctrl: meson: wire up the gpio_chip's set_config callback

[Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jerome,

On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 7:23 PM Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Sat 11 Apr 2020 at 19:03, Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Use gpiochip_generic_config for the gpio_chip's set_config callback so
> > GPIO flags like GPIO_PULL_UP or GPIO_PULL_DOWN can be used in the board
> > .dts descriptions.
> > This is required for some Meson8m2 boards where GPIO_BSD_EN provides the
> > "MUTE" signal and requires enabling the internal pull-up resistor.
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> I think your addition makes sense but, FYI, there is another solution to
> your problem that should already work as it is.
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> If the platform requires a pull-up, you could set the pinconf 'bias-pull-up'
> property in dt in the pinctrl definition passed to the device using the gpio.
Thank you for this hint.
personally I find GPIO_PULL_UP is easier to write when I'm passing a
GPIO descriptor anyways.

> There is an example of that in meson-gx-libretech-pc.dtsi with the phy
> irq pin.
I'm still hoping that pinctrl-meson will gain interrupt support one
day, then the driver will (hopefully) take care of that :-)


Martin