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

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Message-ID: <CAL_JsqKA7AnY7w3sjrT+khrat348v7uNpAP1+FZ=mdYMhJkf3Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 15:19:51 -0500
From: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, 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>, 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 2:58 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Move it when it is converted. Until then, I don't care too much. SPI
seems better than serial at least. The sound part is its own
binding/node (something we wouldn't do today).

Rob