I think what would be super useful, if a web interface, or maybe even native app that did pinmux for people. Select a few options from dropdowns, click a few checkboxes, and viola ! Have it generate a *dts file for you. I will say, and agree that this platform is not like something like the rPI( Arduiono-esque). In that it's a platform that is more geared towards the professional spectrum of embedded Linux. But there is not reason why creating an overlay has to turn into brain surgery. Or take a new user months to figure out. Tom King's son wrote one 2-3 years ago, except to me it's always been unclear what exactly it does, and why. From the perspective of a person being a device tree overlay newb, and knowing what to select for options. Anyway, TI has a muxing tool, for many of their processor. I think there is one for the AM355x set too. But the way TI does thing, with apps of this nature always grates on me . . . For starters I'm a huge anti-proponent of the Java language, and JRE in general. Where the developers from TI seems to love and only know Java . . . *bleech*. Yes, an overstatement. Anyway, no one says I have to use these apps, and I don't. But I do think there should be better native tools available from the community. Does it mean I'm willing to contribute to such a project myself ? Yes, but finding the actual time( because of priorities ), is usually *the* roadblock. That, and I often find myself interested in odd problems to be solved, and find myself off on a wild tangent . . .chasing rabbits.
This is one of the major reasons why I think single pin device tree source files are a good thing. It makes it much easier for the beginner to look, and see what's going on. In my mind, this is "just another reason" why I think universal io is an awesome project. It makes it easier for device tree overlay newbs to see what's happening. Not to mention, my Bonejs project needed a way to have pins muxed. But I wanted to keep pin muxing separate from Bonejs. As it's my own opinion that pin muxing, and the idea behind Bonejs are two seperate "things", and should be kept separate. For several reasons, but mainly to keep things simple, and far less complex. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALHSORoRhZ%3DS4dqegZtRSNc4RVLjmBSa13RHkCAGgHbCmTJODA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
