On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 4:10 PM Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 at 14:09, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 2:44 PM Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ... > > My point is that it may be *not* a pin control at all. > > Sorry, but I don't quite follow, what is *not* a pinctrl? > > According to the information I have received from the previous > discussions [1], it's clear to me that the ARM SMC call ends up > changing settings for the I/O-pads. Or did I get that wrong? I'm discussing the possible implication of the solution (faking pin control) you are proposing. In this case we know that it's a pin control *under the hood of IPC* (!) but in another hardware generation it may be, for example,custom voltage regulator. What you are proposing seems to me suboptimal and actually lying about hardware. Because we do not have direct access to control this pad. What we have is an IPC to firmware. And it's not our business what is under the hood. It seems it was a mistake to talk about these details in the first place because it brings more confusion about hardware. So, consider that it's not a pin control from OS perspective, but a firmware magic. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
