Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] dp83640: Get pin and master/slave configuration from DT

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Feb 14 2014 - 13:36:30 EST


From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 10:06:01 +0100

> People want to be able to configure the auxiliary functions on the
> pins of their PTP devices. My preference for supporting this is:
>
> 1. additional ioctl on the PTP character device
> 2. ethtool ioctl
> 3. DT and/or ACPI
>
> The first option seems best because that is how you activate the
> auxiliary functions. I am working on something in this direction.

Probably since PTP already uses ioctls, and that is the activation
point, yes that seems the best approach.
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