linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/13] spidev: Add Pensando CPLD compatible

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VeQmc5ZyQV9AHcq2wm0xxBXb7by7RhidrRyCzmtRkXBAg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:44:53 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Brad Larson <brad@...sando.io>
Cc:     linux-arm Mailing List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-mmc <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/13] spidev: Add Pensando CPLD compatible

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 5:01 AM Brad Larson <brad@...sando.io> wrote:
>
> Pensando Elba SoC platforms have a SPI connected CPLD
> for platform management.

And? It's not a good justification to spread the (debugging only)
spidev interface.

What tool is going to use it? Why can't you have a driver for that in
the kernel?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko