Re: [PATCH 0/5] Add pinctrl support for dwapb gpio driver

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Fri Dec 13 2019 - 03:59:33 EST


On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 11:10 AM Clement Leger <cleger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Synopsys DWAPB IP includes support for pin control. This control is basic
> and allows to switch between a hardware and a software function.
> Software function is when driving GPIOs from IP and hardware is controlled
> by external signals.
> This serie export necessary interface to be able to move the driver to
> pinctrl folder and then implement the pinctrl support which is based on the
> digicolor driver. The idea is to avoid hardcoding pins in driver since
> this IP is a generic one available on multiple SoC.

The overall approach is correct, just tidy up the patch series the
way indicated by Andy and we can probably proceed efficiently with
this. I will review the patch adding the pinctrl interfaces separately.

Yours,
Linus Walleij