linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: Remove "spidev" nodes

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Message-ID: <YcDYCSamA31QLHtm@piout.net>
Date:   Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:22:49 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, soc@...nel.org,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...rochip.com>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        Benoît Cousson <bcousson@...libre.com>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>,
        Shiraz Hashim <shiraz.linux.kernel@...il.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: Remove "spidev" nodes

Hello Mark,

On 20/12/2021 12:30:30+0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 04:12:32PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > "spidev" is not a real device, but a Linux implementation detail. It has
> > never been documented either. The kernel has WARNed on the use of it for
> > over 6 years. Time to remove its usage from the tree.
> 
> Reviwed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>

You have a typo there so I'm not sure b4 will be able to pick that up

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Alexandre Belloni, co-owner and COO, Bootlin
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