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+/*
+ * Interface the pinconfig portions of the pinctrl subsystem
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 ST-Ericsson SA
+ * Written on behalf of Linaro for ST-Ericsson
+ * This interface is used in the core to keep track of pins.
+ *
+ * Author: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * License terms: GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2
+ */
+#ifndef __LINUX_PINCTRL_PINCONF_H
+#define __LINUX_PINCTRL_PINCONF_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PINCONF
+
+struct pinctrl_dev;
+
+/**
+ * struct pinconf_ops - pin config operations, to be implemented by
+ * pin configuration capable drivers.
+ * @pin_config_get: get the config of a certain pin, if the requested config
+ *	is not available on this controller this should return -ENOTSUPP
+ *	and if it is available but disabled it should return -EINVAL
+ * @pin_config_get: get the config of a certain pin
+ * @pin_config_set: configure an individual pin
+ * @pin_config_group_get: get configurations for an entire pin group
+ * @pin_config_group_set: configure all pins in a group
+ * @pin_config_dbg_show: optional debugfs display hook that will provide
+ *	per-device info for a certain pin in debugfs
+ * @pin_config_group_dbg_show: optional debugfs display hook that will provide
+ *	per-device info for a certain group in debugfs
+ */
+struct pinconf_ops {
+	int (*pin_config_get) (struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+			       unsigned pin,
+			       unsigned long *config);
+	int (*pin_config_set) (struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+			       unsigned pin,
+			       unsigned long config);
+	int (*pin_config_group_get) (struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+				     unsigned selector,
+				     unsigned long *config);
+	int (*pin_config_group_set) (struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+				     unsigned selector,
+				     unsigned long config);
+	void (*pin_config_dbg_show) (struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+				     struct seq_file *s,
+				     unsigned offset);
+	void (*pin_config_group_dbg_show) (struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+					   struct seq_file *s,
+					   unsigned selector);
+};
+
+extern int pin_config_get(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, const char *name,
+			  unsigned long *config);
+extern int pin_config_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, const char *name,
+			  unsigned long config);
+extern int pin_config_group_get(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+				const char *pin_group,
+				unsigned long *config);
+extern int pin_config_group_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+				const char *pin_group,
+				unsigned long config);
+
+#else
+
+static inline int pin_config_get(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, const char *name,
+				 unsigned long *config)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int pin_config_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, const char *name,
+				 unsigned long config)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int pin_config_group_get(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+				       const char *pin_group,
+				       unsigned long *config)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int pin_config_group_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+				       const char *pin_group,
+				       unsigned long config)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_PINCTRL_PINCONF_H */