linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: xilinx: Use standard num-cs binding

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Message-ID: <20150331111651.GL2869@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:16:51 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, monstr@...str.eu,
	Sören Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com>,
	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: xilinx: Use standard num-cs binding

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:16:57AM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> On 03/31/2015 07:47 AM, Mark Brown wrote:

> > num-cs *is* a software setting.

> ok - what to do with that? Remove it because it shouldn't be passed via DT?

Well, there's a lot of existing users to check and clean up some of
which currently rely on it which will take time to deal with.  Removing
it while some drivers rely on using it isn't ideal.

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