On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 4:21 PM <Ryan.Wanner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am trying to enable .strict in the Atmel pinctrl driver, and that is > what is causing my issues. Strictly speaking (ha!) that flag is for when you *cannot* use a pin in GPIO mode at the same time as another mode. Example: if you use the pin in I2C mode, then reading the GPIO input register will *not* reflect the value on the electrical line, because it has been decoupled physically. Then .strict should be true. The strict mode was not intended for policy, i.e. stopping kernel developers from doing wrong things. They have enough tools to do wrong things anyway, one more or less doesn't matter. Yours, Linus Walleij
