Re: [PATCH v5 01/10] pinctrl: generic: Add bi-directional and output-enable

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Chris,

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Chris Brandt <Chris.Brandt@renesas.com> wrote:
> On Friday, May 12, 2017, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> Jacopo, Chris: Would two bits per pin/function (none, input, output,
>> bidir)
>> be sufficient?
>> That makes one u16 per pin. So roughtly 12 ports x 16 pins => 384 bytes.
>> Plus code to handle it. After all not that bad...
>
> OK...I give up!
> If that's what it takes to get it, I'm fine.
>
> NOTE, your math is a little off, the issue is that depending on the
> function that you use, you might need to do extra settings, so you'd
> have to have a lookup table for every pin & function.
> Each pin can have 1 of 8 functions (which is good because a 'byte' has
> 8 bits).
>
> So,
>  12 ports x 16 pins => 384 bytes  (this table would just be for checking if bi-dir is needed)
>  12 ports x 16 pins => 384 bytes  (this table would just be for checking if input is needed)
>  12 ports x 16 pins => 384 bytes  (this table would just be for checking if input is needed)
         ------------
>                      1,152 bytes

12 x 16 = 192, not 384.

Do you need all possible combinations of input, output, and bi-dir?
I assumed they're mutually exclusive. If not, you need 3 bits/pin/function.

> But then...there are package variations so you need another entire
> table for those parts.
>    1,152 bytes x 2 = 2,304 bytes

With packages, do you mean e.g. RZ/A1H vs. RZ/A1L? These indeed differ, but
should use different compatible values.
Or do you mean QFP/BGA256 vs. BGA324? Isn't the former a subset of the latter?

> #What we should really do is just make a look-up table (tables) for the
> 'special' ones. But, we can have that discussion in a different thread.

Yep, depending on what gives the smallest code/data size.

> There is still a need for "input-enable" and "output-enable" for the timer
> pins. Because, when you choose the pin to be connected to the MTU2 timer,
> the pin can be used as either input-capture/output-compare/PWM and that's
> the user's choice. So that's probably a valid usage of the generic pin
> properties for configuration.

OK.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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