dev_dbg(ipctl->dev, "write: offset 0x%x val 0x%x\n",
                        pin_reg->mux_reg, mux[i]);
 
-               /* some pins also need select input setting, set it if found */
-               if (input_reg[i]) {
+               /*
+                * If the select input value begins with 0xff, it's a quirky
+                * select input and the value should be interpreted as below.
+                *     31     23      15      7        0
+                *     | 0xff | shift | width | select |
+                * It's used to work around the problem that the select
+                * input for some pin is not implemented in the select
+                * input register but in some general purpose register.
+                * We encode the select input value, width and shift of
+                * the bit field into input_val cell of pin function ID
+                * in device tree, and then decode them here for setting
+                * up the select input bits in general purpose register.
+                */
+               if (input_val[i] >> 24 == 0xff) {
+                       u32 val = input_val[i];
+                       u8 select = val & 0xff;
+                       u8 width = (val >> 8) & 0xff;
+                       u8 shift = (val >> 16) & 0xff;
+                       u32 mask = ((1 << width) - 1) << shift;
+                       /*
+                        * The input_reg[i] here is actually some IOMUXC general
+                        * purpose register, not regular select input register.
+                        */
+                       val = readl(ipctl->base + input_reg[i]);
+                       val &= ~mask;
+                       val |= select << shift;
+                       writel(val, ipctl->base + input_reg[i]);
+               } else if (input_reg[i]) {
+                       /*
+                        * Regular select input register can never be at offset
+                        * 0, and we only print register value for regular case.
+                        */
                        writel(input_val[i], ipctl->base + input_reg[i]);
                        dev_dbg(ipctl->dev,
                                "==>select_input: offset 0x%x val 0x%x\n",