linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] spi: pxa2xx: Move PXA SSP bindings to the correct folder

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Message-ID: <Zke2yG-WPkaWg5PV@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 22:58:00 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] spi: pxa2xx: Move PXA SSP bindings to the correct
 folder

On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 06:24:37PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 08:11:03PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > SSP stands for Serial Synchronous Protocol and has nothing to do with
> > UART, also known as USART, where 'A' stands for Asynchronous.
> > 
> > Move the SSP bindings to where it belongs.
> 
> It's a serial device which is also used for other applications (the
> other one upstream being audio) so I can see where the current binding
> comes from and it's not super obvious that spi is especially better
> here.

Hmm... okay. Then it's question to DT people. Consider this as a report.
Because UART (aka serial) is definitely not the place for SPI/SSP bindings
either.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko