Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: generic: Add output-enable property

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From	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: generic: Add output-enable property
Date	Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:30:02 +0200
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On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Jacopo Mondi
> <jacopo+renesas@jmondi.org> wrote:
>
>> Add output-enable generic pin configuration property.
>> This properties allows enabling/disabling pin's output capabilities
>> without actually driving any value on the line.

> I have applied the patch adding a few elaborations in the binding that
> the situation where you may use this is typically when enabling/disabling
> input or output buffers irrespective of the mode of the line as a whole.
>
> We might need even more documentation because this is really
> confusing.
>
> But for now it lets drivers work, which is nice.
>
> Rough consensus and running code should be our guide.

At least this looks much better than odd bi-directional thingy.
Thanks!

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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[PATCH v2] pinctrl: generic: Add output-enable property Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@jmondi.org> - 2017-06-22 12:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: generic: Add output-enable property Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2017-06-26 20:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: generic: Add output-enable property Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> - 2017-06-29 14:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: generic: Add output-enable property Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-06-29 16:30 +0200

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