Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: dts: tegra: Header file for pinctrl constants

From: Stephen Warren
Date: Tue Dec 03 2013 - 15:08:32 EST


On 12/02/2013 11:04 PM, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> On Monday 02 December 2013 07:55 PM, Thierry Reding wrote:
>> * PGP Signed by an unknown key
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 07:25:01PM +0530, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
>>
>
>> +
>> +/* Schmitt enable/disable */
>> +#define TEGRA_PIN_DRIVE_SCHMITT_DISABLE 0
>> +#define TEGRA_PIN_DRIVE_SCHMITT_ENABLE 1
>> These are all boolean, so I wonder if perhaps we should be simply
>> defining a single pair and reuse that in different contexts:
>>
>> #define TEGRA_PIN_DISABLE 0
>> #define TEGRA_PIN_ENABLE 1
>>
>> The property names should provide enough context for them to be used
>> unambiguously.
>>
>>
>
> I can make generic ENABLE/DISABLE macro as you suggested but datasheet
> says as 0=NORMAL, 1 = TRISTATE. and that's why I kept name very near to
> the datasheet.

That documentation is relative to a specific field, whereas the
namespace for #defines is global. Hence, we may have to name #defines
using stricter rules than the TRM's field values, in order to make them
unambiguous.
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