linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] devicetree - document using aliases to set spi bus number.

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Message-ID: <20160530161350.GR29837@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 30 May 2016 17:13:50 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Christer Weinigel <christer@...nigel.se>
Cc:	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] devicetree - document using aliases to set spi bus
 number.

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 10:57:33PM +0200, Christer Weinigel wrote:
> On 05/27/2016 08:36 PM, Mark Brown wrote:

> > It is reasonable to provide and document something here but when there's
> > some fairly simple and obvious better things we could be doing it should
> > be those rather than the legacy stuff.

> So what are the "simple and obvious better things" that one can use instead?

To repeat what Rob said adding a label property on the leaf device
nodes seems like a more sensible option.

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