linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: Force the registration of the spidev devices

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Date:	Wed, 13 May 2015 10:20:28 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, Martin Sperl <kernel@...tin.sperl.org>,
	Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: Force the registration of the spidev devices

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 06:13:00PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 08:37:40AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 
> > You can easily bind drivers to devices today from userspace, why not
> > just use the built-in functionality you have today if you "know" that
> > there is no driver for this hardware.
> 
> So, that was my original suggestion too but people were complaining that
> this wasn't a generally supported feature and requires specific support
> of some kind in the bus (which nobody posted a patch for).

I don't understand the complaint, it's a very "generally supported
feature" and has been there for a very long time for any bus that wants
to use it.

greg k-h
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