linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: spidev: add "generic-spidev" for compatible string

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Message-ID: <31758947-5570-4b20-94e5-52ea77f4f4e3@sirena.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:10:33 +0100
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: egyszeregy@...email.hu
Cc: linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: spidev: add "generic-spidev" for compatible string

On Sun, Jul 14, 2024 at 10:23:03PM +0200, egyszeregy@...email.hu wrote:
> From: Benjamin Szőke <egyszeregy@...email.hu>
> 
> Spidev is a not an ASIC, IC or Sensor specific driver.
> It is better to use a simple and generic compatible
> string instead of many dummy vendor/product names
> which are all just fake.

> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Szőke <egyszeregy@...email.hu>
> ---
>  drivers/spi/spidev.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

No, as previously and repeatedly discussed the DT describes the
hardware, not the software that happens to be used to control that
hardware.

You also need to document any new bindings.

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