Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] gpio-rockchip driver

[Peter Geis <pgwipeout@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 9:34 AM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 4:30 PM Heiko Stübner <heiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Am Montag, 12. April 2021, 14:13:37 CEST schrieb Andy Shevchenko:
> > > On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 4:35 PM Peter Geis <pgwipeout@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Separate gpio driver from pinctrl driver, and support v2 controller.
> > > >
> > > > Tested on rk3566-quartz64 prototype board.
> > >
> > > Can you give a bit more context?
> > > Usually separation means that hardware is represented by two different
> > > IP blocks that are (almost) independent to each other. Was it the case
> > > on the original platforms? Do you have different pin controller (or
> > > it's absent completely) on some new / old platform?
> >
> > They are separate on all Rockchip SoCs.
> >
> > I.e. the pinconfig (muxing, pulls, etc) is done via some registers inside
> > the "General Register Files" [area for misc registers]
> > and control for the gpio functionality is done in separate blocks
> > for each bank.
> >
> > Lumping that stuff together into one driver, was a design-mistake
> > from younger-me back in 2013 ;-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> To the submitter: Just for the future, please elaborate such things in
> the cover letter.

Apologies, I only rebased the work and reused the original cover letter.
I'll keep that in mind if this sort of situation arises again.

>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko