linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] drivers core: allow id match override when manually binding driver

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Date:	Sun, 26 Jun 2016 11:26:01 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...il.com>
Cc:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
	Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
	Adrien Schildknecht <adrien+dev@...ischi.me>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] drivers core: allow id match override when manually
 binding driver

Hi Michal,

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 8:44 AM, Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...il.com> wrote:
> The SPI bus feature-wise is closest to serial UARTs form the other
> buses available in kernel. Serial uart does not even have a bus
> driver.

That's being worked on, as currently you can't describe the other side of
the UART pins (e.g. a connected Bluetooth device).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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