linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: spidev: Add compatible for external SPI ports on Kontron boards

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Date:   Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:10:33 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@...tron.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: spidev: Add compatible for external SPI ports on
 Kontron boards

On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 01:45:51PM +0200, Frieder Schrempf wrote:
> On 15.07.20 13:36, Mark Brown wrote:

> > Hey, I proposed other solutions you didn't want to implement!

> Right, but you have to admit that the other solutions turned out to be
> rather out of scope for someone like me who merely wants to use the spidev
> driver.

> But I don't blame you. I'm now having a better idea of how things are (or
> aren't) supposed to look like. So thanks for your patience!

I'm not sure platforms like this are a great fit for DT TBH - the
trouble with DT is that it turns things into ABIs regardless of if it's
really a finished thing, platform data based systems were a lot more
flexible here.

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