Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:00:48 +0530 | From | Shiraz Hashim <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] gpio: stmpe: Add DT support for stmpe gpio |
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On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 12:14:13PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote: > > >> + if (np) > > >> + of_property_read_u32(np, "st,norequest-mask", > > >> + &pdata->norequest_mask); > > > > > > Can you explain to me what this does? > > > > You mean pdata->norequest_mask? It marks few gpios as unusable. > > Because these pads might be used by other blocks of stmpe. > > I'm not sure if that should be set with DT or not. > > Second opinion anyone?
This is a board dependent parameter which just informs gpio driver about pins, which must not be requested. It may happen for a stmpe variant where such gpio pins are multiplexed with some other function.
Hence it must be part of DT itself.
-- regards Shiraz
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