Re: [PATCH 7/7] dt-bindings: pinctrl: deprecate header with register constants

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>]

On 04/06/2022 00:20, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 4:37 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
> <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> wrote:
> 
>> For convenience (less code duplication, some meaning added to raw
>> number), the pin controller pin configuration register values
>> were defined in the bindings header.  These are not some IDs or other
>> abstraction layer but raw numbers used in the registers
>>
>> These constants do not fit the purpose of bindings.  They do not provide
>> any abstraction, any hardware and driver independent ID.  With minor
>> exceptions, the Linux drivers actually do not use the bindings header at
>> all.
>>
>> All of the constants were moved already to headers local to DTS
>> (residing in DTS directory), so remove any references to the bindings
>> header and add a warning tha tit is deprecated.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
> 
> This looks like something that needs to be merged on top of the
> other patches so if you wanna merge this through ARM SoC:
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.wallej@linaro.org>
> 
> Else just tell me a merging strategy and I'll use it!

Thanks, actually I should split the bindings from driver changes and
then the driver part could be applied independently. I'll send a v3 and
then I can actually handle cross-tree dependencies between both of my
Samsung tree - SoC and pinctrl.

Best regards,
Krzysztof