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

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Message-ID: <20211220042016.cnk332uthdxziv5a@vireshk-i7>
Date:   Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:50:16 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     soc@...nel.org, Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.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>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, 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

On 17-12-21, 16:12, 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.
> 
> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> ---
> Arnd, Olof, Can you please apply this directly.
> 
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/spear1310-evb.dts           | 16 ---------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/spear1340-evb.dts           | 16 ---------

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

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viresh