Re: [PATCH] gpio: stmpe: Add DT support for stmpe gpio

[Linus Walleij]

On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The crucial question is: can the STMPE controllers be
> used for GPIO, PWM, keypad and touchscreen at the
> *same time* or are they nailed to *one* usecase during
> electronics design?

Looking closer at the datasheet it seems to mux pins on individual per-pin
basis, so it is indeed pin-controller-like.

Was this driver submitted today, I would probably request that the
pinctrl + GPIO properties be properly exposed in the pinctrl
subsystem instead.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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