linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] spi: pxa2xx: Only claim CS GPIOs when the slave device is created

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Message-ID: <20170804114354.yxbaagwzmb5ri2hf@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 4 Aug 2017 12:43:54 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
Cc:     Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
        Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] spi: pxa2xx: Only claim CS GPIOs when the slave
 device is created

On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 01:40:33PM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
> 
> Avoid hogging chip select GPIOs just because they are listed for the
> master. They might be mulitplexed and, if no slave device is attached,
> used for different purposes. Moreover, this strategy avoids having to
> allocate a cs_gpiods structure.

This doesn't apply against current code, please check and resend.

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