linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: dts: Add SPI flash node for Peach boards

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Message-ID: <546CD38B.3050700@collabora.co.uk>
Date:	Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:29:47 +0100
From:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@...labora.co.uk>
To:	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
CC:	Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>, Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	linux-samsung-soc <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: dts: Add SPI flash node for Peach boards

Hello Doug,

On 11/19/2014 06:19 PM, Doug Anderson wrote:
>>
>> I wonder how the spidev user-space interface is supposed to be used
>> when booting with Device Trees.
> 
> OK.  Please don't take my comments as a NAK on this patch.  I should
> have done the same grep myself before sending--sorry.  I just
> remembered the old conversation and looked for that instead.
>

Ok, let's see what others say. At the very least documentation about the
spidev DT binding should be added to Documentation/devicetree/bindings/
 
> If the convention is to use "spidev" like this then I guess we're OK.
> I do wish it was a little more like "i2c" myself where you could get a
> direct access interface no matter what driver was bound underneath
> (and also if no drivers were bound underneath).  ...but I could just
> be naive.  ;)
> 

+1

> -Doug
> 

Best regards,
Javier
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