Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: dts: imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box: Remove unused SPI device

[Francesco Dolcini <francesco@dolcini.it>]

Hello Christoph,

On Thu, Oct 22, 2026 at 09:12:12AM +0000, Christoph Niedermaier wrote:
> From: Marek Vasut <marex@nabladev.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2026 8:56 PM
> > On 10/21/26 8:37 PM, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
> >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 07:19:30PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> >>> On 10/21/26 3:44 PM, Christoph Niedermaier wrote:

[...]

> >>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dts
> >>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dts
> >>>> @@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ &ecspi4 {
> >>>>     pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_ecspi4>;
> >>>>     pinctrl-names = "default";
> >>>>     status = "okay";
> >>>
> >>> Drop "status = "okay"" too , since this controller will be unused ?
> >>
> >> you can instantiate a new device on the SPI bus from userspace. up to
> >> you, but if I was a user I would appreciate to have it enabled.
> > Good point -- Christoph, is this the (use)case here , can the user do that?
> 
> I don't think that's the case, since there isn't currently an SPI device
> connected to this interface. Nevertheless, I'd be interested to know how
> to instantiate a new device from user space.

Documentation/spi/instantiating-devices.rst

Francesco