linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] dt: spi: s3c64xx: add compatible to controller-data

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:51:54 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...il.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	Padmavathi Venna <padma.kvr@...il.com>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] dt: spi: s3c64xx: add compatible to
 controller-data

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 09:50:51AM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:

> Since you have to patch your DTs anyway, how about putting your
> partitions in a subnode and patch the ofpart code to parse this subnode
> if it is present (see the following patch).

This is the best idea, yes - if we're changing the DT for the system
anyway then making a sane binding and using that seems better than
trying to mitigate problems with the old bindings.

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