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From: Richard Fitzgerald <rf@opensource.cirrus.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@opensource.cirrus.com>,
	"moderated list:SOUND - SOC LAYER / DYNAMIC AUDIO POWER
	MANAGEM..."  <alsa-devel@alsa-project.org>,
	<patches@opensource.cirrus.com>,
	"open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: lochnagar: select GPIOLIB
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 11:58:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <322b5fbe-e9ca-99cd-80d0-000a5464b37a@opensource.cirrus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a2BoVcdgRZqYutA=_SVHLtJwQzP3mKKN-q8n1ROj_iPgw@mail.gmail.com>

On 07/01/2020 10:39, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 10:45 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 5:37 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
>>> I wonder if GPIOLIB should just become mandatory when enabling the pinctrl
>>> subsystem, or if there are still good reasons for leaving it disabled
>>> on any machine that uses CONFIG_PINCTRL.
>>
>> Hm that is a tricky question, they almost always come in pair but are
>> technically speaking separate subsystems.
> 
> I think there are a number of use cases for GPIOLIB drivers without PINCTRL, but
> are there any examples of the reverse?
> 
>         Arnd
> 

You could have muxable pins that aren't gpios. For example muxing 
between i2c/spi signals. So a pinctrl driver doesn't imply gpio.

  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-07 11:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-18 16:36 [PATCH] pinctrl: lochnagar: select GPIOLIB Arnd Bergmann
2019-12-19  9:27 ` Charles Keepax
2020-01-07  9:45 ` Linus Walleij
2020-01-07 10:39   ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-01-07 11:58     ` Richard Fitzgerald [this message]
2020-01-07 12:38       ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-01-07 13:01         ` Linus Walleij

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