On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 07:12:53PM +0530, Thomas Abraham wrote: > With device core now able to setup the default pin configuration, > the call to devm_pinctrl_get_select_default can be removed. And > the pin configuration code based on the deprecated Samsung specific > gpio bindings is also removed. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Abraham <thomas.abraham@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Hi Heiko, Tomasz, > > We have to make a choice on the path forward for pinctrl support > on Samsung platforms. We have three cases to deal with. > > A. Samsung platforms without DT support. > B. Samsung platforms with DT support using old Samsung specific > gpio bindings for pin-configuration (s3c24xx and s3x64xx). > C. Samsung platforms with DT support using using pinctrl based > pin-configurations (Exynos4 and Exynos5). > > For [A], we just let the platform specific callbacks handle the > pin setup. For [B] and [C], based on Linus Walleij's pin grab > by device core patch and subsequent discussions with him on the > mailing list, would it be acceptable that we discontinue support > for [B] in Samsung SoC device drivers. This will impact your > current DT work on s3c24xx and s3c64xx platforms. Pinctrl is > inevitable and we have to migrate to it. Instead of workarounds > to maintain support for [B], it might be better that we migrate > s3c24xx and s3c64xx platforms to pinctrl. > > Please do let us know your opinion on this. Dropping [B] sounds good, but I think it makes sense to wait with this patch until pinctrl support for s3c24xx is in place? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
