linux-kernel - Re: (EXT) Re: (EXT) Re: [PATCH] spi-imx: remove num-cs support, set num

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Message-ID: <20200904150450.GG4625@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 4 Sep 2020 16:04:50 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Matthias Schiffer <matthias.schiffer@...tq-group.com>
Cc:     Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/FREESCALE IMX / MXC ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: (EXT) Re: (EXT) Re: [PATCH] spi-imx: remove num-cs support, set
 num_chipselect to 4

On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 04:34:43PM +0200, Matthias Schiffer wrote:

> Nevertheless, I don't see why we should deliberately remove the native
> CS support - my understanding was that we try to avoid breaking changes
> to DT interpretation even for unknown/out-of-tree DTS.

Yes, we should try to maintain compatibility for anyone that was using
it.

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