On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 10:43 PM Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > * Trent Piepho <tpiepho@xxxxxxxxx> [200924 01:34]: > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 11:57 PM Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Also FYI, folks have also complained for a long time that the pinctrl-single > > > binding mixes mux and conf values while they should be handled separately. > > > > > > > Instead of combining two fields when the dts is generated they are now > > combined when the pinctrl-single driver reads the dts. Other than > > this detail, the result is the same. The board dts source is the > > same. The value programmed into the pinctrl register is the same. > > There is no mechanism currently that can alter that value in any way. > > > > What does combining them later allow that is not possible now? > > It now allows further driver changes to manage conf and mux separately :) The pinctrl-single driver? How will that work with boards that are not am335x and don't use conf and mux fields in the same manner as am335x?
