Re: [PATCH 0/5] pinctrl: allow storing pins, groups & functions in DT

[Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 3:22 PM Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> A week ago I sent
> [PATCH RFC] dt-bindings: pinctrl: support specifying pins
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/devicetree-bindings/patch/20211110231436.8866-1-zajec5@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> From short discussion in that thread it seems that using DT to store
> pinctrl pins, groups & functions may be an option. I'd like to ask for
> reviewing my patchset implementing that.
>
> Please note it's about describing hardware elements and not actual
> programming way. It may be used with pinctrl-single.c one day but it's
> designed as a generic solution for data.
>
> Patches 1-4 are for linux-pinctrl.git. Patch 5 I found worth including
> as DT big example. It can go through Linus with Florian's Ack or I can
> send it to Florian later.

DT is not the only one,

So, I would like to see some kind of roadmap / vision on how this can
be useful in the ACPI case.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko