From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christer Weinigel Subject: Re: [PATCH] devicetree - document using aliases to set spi bus number. Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 03:56:11 +0200 Message-ID: <574657BB.6070300@weinigel.se> References: <1464107960-10775-1-git-send-email-christer@weinigel.se> <20160524172045.GN8206@sirena.org.uk> <57449784.4070108@weinigel.se> <20160524183256.GP8206@sirena.org.uk> <5744E51A.1040506@gmail.com> <20160525174932.GA10753@rob-hp-laptop> <5745E9B6.5090204@gmail.com> <20160525184442.GE8206@sirena.org.uk> <57464D0A.1030706@weinigel.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Mark Brown , Frank Rowand , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-spi@vger.kernel.org" , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" To: Rob Herring Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-spi.vger.kernel.org On 05/26/2016 03:44 AM, Rob Herring wrote: > Lovely. "Here's something that's simple and useful for users. Let's > break it". What part of "we do not break userspace" do you not > understand? Because that would be a user visible change. > The other saying is "if it is not upstream, it doesn't exist." That > said, I don't think we should remove it. Maybe some time later, but > first we need a suitable alternative. Huh? Commit bb29785e0d6d, which added support for assigning spi bus numbers via devicetree aliases, has been in the upstream Linux kernel since v3.9 which was released over three years ago. /Christer -- Have laptop, will travel. I'm a consultant looking for interesting jobs anywhere in the world. I'm an experienced software engineer with a solid understanding of hardware. Specialities: Linux, device drivers and embedded systems in general. Find me at www.weinigel.se.