linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: Replace `dummy.nbytes` with `dummy.ncycles`

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Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:52:41 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Sergiu Moga <sergiu.moga@...rochip.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: Replace `dummy.nbytes` with `dummy.ncycles`

On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 08:45:53PM +0300, Sergiu Moga wrote:
> In order to properly represent the hardware functionality
> in the core, avoid reconverting the number of dummy cycles
> to the number of bytes and only work with the former.
> Instead, let the drivers that do need this conversion do
> it themselves.

Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>

If this gets applied it might be good to have a tag in case we
need it for any SPI updates.

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