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Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] pinctrl: qcom: Add generic ssbi and spmi GPIO/MPP bindings
From: "Ivan T. Ivanov" <iivanov.xz@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1447808426-21834-1-git-send-email-sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:37:19 +0200
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
        linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
        "Ivan T. Ivanov" <iivanov@mm-sol.com>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@sonymobile.com>
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To: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
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> On Nov 18, 2015, at 3:00 AM, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> wrote:
> 
> The drivers don't really need to know which PMIC they're for, so
> make a generic binding for them. This alleviates us from updating
> the drivers every time a new PMIC comes out. It's still
> recommended that we update the binding with new PMIC models and
> always specify the specific model for the MPPs and gpios before
> the generic compatible string in devicetree, but this at least
> cuts down on adding more and more compatible strings to the
> drivers until we actually need them.
> 
> Cc: <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>
> Cc: "Ivan T. Ivanov" <iivanov@mm-sol.com>
> Cc: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@sonymobile.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>

Thanks.

Acked-by: Ivan T. Ivanov <iivanov.xz@gmail.com>
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