linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] spi: Add OF binding support for SPI busses

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Date:	Sat, 24 May 2008 11:33:35 -0600
From:	"Grant Likely" <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	"Jochen Friedrich" <jochen@...am.de>
Cc:	"David Brownell" <david-b@...bell.net>, fabrizio.garetto@...il.com,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	spi-devel-general@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] spi: Add OF binding support for SPI busses

On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Jochen Friedrich <jochen@...am.de> wrote:
> Grant Likely schrieb:
>> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Grant Likely
>> <grant.likely@...retlab.ca> wrote:
>>> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 8:05 PM, David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday 21 May 2008, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi_of.c
>>>>> I think better placement for this is drivers/of, no?
>>>> Yes please.
>>> Okay, I wasn't sure.  Will do.
>>
>> I'm having second thoughts about this.  I think this code is more SPI
>> centric than it is OF centric.  ie. it is usable by all spi masters in
>> an OF enabled system, but it is not usable by all OF devices in an SPI
>> enabled system.  Or, in other words; it adds OF support to SPI, not
>> the other way around.  I think drivers/spi is the right place for this
>> to live.
>
> Isn't the same true for drivers/of/gpio.c or drivers/of/of_i2c.c, as well?

I would argue 'yes!'

g.

-- 
Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
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