Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:35:43 +0300 | From | Mathias Nyman <> | Subject | Re: [RFC/PATCH] gpio/pinctrl: baytrail: move gpio driver from pinctrl to gpio directory |
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On 13.10.2014 22:17, David Cohen wrote: > Even though GPIO module on Intel Bay Trail is able to control pin > functionality, it's unlikely Linux kernel driver will ever support it > since BIOS should handle all pin muxing itself. > > Currently this driver does not register any pinctrl interface and > doesn't call any pinctrl interface. It just uses on internal functions > the 'struct pinctrl_gpio_range', which is a weak justification to not be > under gpio directory. >
This discussion was held when gpio-baytrail was first submitted. These threads explain the gpio/pinctrl-baytrail history:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=136981432427668&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137113578604763&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137155497023054&w=2
A proper pinctrl driver for baytrail is still not yet ruled out
-Mathias
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