[PATCH] gpio: stmpe: Add DT support for stmpe gpio
Shiraz Hashim
shiraz.hashim at st.com
Fri Nov 23 23:30:48 EST 2012
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 12:14:13PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > >> + if (np)
> > >> + of_property_read_u32(np, "st,norequest-mask",
> > >> + &pdata->norequest_mask);
> > >
> > > Can you explain to me what this does?
> >
> > You mean pdata->norequest_mask? It marks few gpios as unusable.
> > Because these pads might be used by other blocks of stmpe.
>
> I'm not sure if that should be set with DT or not.
>
> Second opinion anyone?
This is a board dependent parameter which just informs gpio driver
about pins, which must not be requested. It may happen for a stmpe
variant where such gpio pins are multiplexed with some other
function.
Hence it must be part of DT itself.
--
regards
Shiraz
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