From: Christer Weinigel <christer@weinigel.se>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>, Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-spi@vger.kernel.org,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] devicetree - document using aliases to set spi bus number.
Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 22:57:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <574A063D.5030700@weinigel.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160527183629.GO16172@sirena.org.uk>
On 05/27/2016 08:36 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> Personally the way I parse this situation is that the kernel is taking
> a look at what's in the DT and making an effort to present it usefully
> in the running systems. Fixing our current interpretation in stone as
> a supported thing when we don't have to makes it more cumbersome to
> improve and discourages any efforts to do similar things in the
> future. It is reasonable to provide and document something here but
> when there's some fairly simple and obvious better things we could be
> doing it should be those rather than the legacy stuff.
So what are the "simple and obvious better things" that one can use instead?
/Christer
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2016-05-24 16:39 [PATCH] devicetree - document using aliases to set spi bus number Christer Weinigel
2016-05-24 16:39 ` Christer Weinigel
2016-05-24 17:20 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-24 18:03 ` Christer Weinigel
2016-05-24 18:32 ` Mark Brown
[not found] ` <20160524183256.GP8206-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 18:57 ` Christer Weinigel
2016-05-24 18:57 ` Christer Weinigel
[not found] ` <5744A402.8050409-rKHMIqA5R6gwFerOooGFRg@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-25 12:19 ` Mark Rutland
2016-05-25 12:19 ` Mark Rutland
2016-05-25 12:50 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-25 12:33 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-25 12:33 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-24 23:34 ` Frank Rowand
2016-05-24 23:34 ` Frank Rowand
[not found] ` <5744E51A.1040506-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-25 0:18 ` Frank Rowand
2016-05-25 0:18 ` Frank Rowand
2016-05-25 17:49 ` Rob Herring
2016-05-25 18:03 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-25 18:06 ` Frank Rowand
2016-05-25 18:44 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-26 1:10 ` Christer Weinigel
[not found] ` <57464D0A.1030706-rKHMIqA5R6gwFerOooGFRg@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-26 1:44 ` Rob Herring
2016-05-26 1:44 ` Rob Herring
2016-05-26 1:56 ` Christer Weinigel
[not found] ` <574657BB.6070300-rKHMIqA5R6gwFerOooGFRg@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-26 10:07 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-26 10:07 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-26 10:58 ` Christer Weinigel
[not found] ` <5746D6CE.5020605-rKHMIqA5R6gwFerOooGFRg@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-26 18:47 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-26 18:47 ` Mark Brown
[not found] ` <20160526184746.GF16172-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-26 21:04 ` Christer Weinigel
2016-05-26 21:04 ` Christer Weinigel
2016-05-27 16:43 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-24 17:41 ` Mark Rutland
2016-05-24 20:41 ` Frank Rowand
[not found] ` <5744BC76.9090403-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-25 9:20 ` Mark Rutland
2016-05-25 9:20 ` Mark Rutland
2016-05-25 10:38 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-25 10:38 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-25 11:20 ` Christer Weinigel
[not found] ` <57458A64.2090901-rKHMIqA5R6gwFerOooGFRg@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-25 12:34 ` Mark Rutland
2016-05-25 12:34 ` Mark Rutland
2016-05-25 13:08 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-25 13:08 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-25 15:32 ` Frank Rowand
2016-05-25 15:32 ` Frank Rowand
[not found] ` <5745C5A3.6060202-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-25 15:59 ` Mark Rutland
2016-05-25 15:59 ` Mark Rutland
2016-05-25 16:21 ` Frank Rowand
2016-05-25 16:21 ` Frank Rowand
2016-05-25 18:02 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-25 17:48 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-25 17:48 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-25 18:46 ` Frank Rowand
[not found] ` <5745F30B.2040605-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-27 18:36 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-27 18:36 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-28 20:57 ` Christer Weinigel [this message]
[not found] ` <574A063D.5030700-rKHMIqA5R6gwFerOooGFRg@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-30 16:13 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-30 16:13 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-25 15:25 ` Frank Rowand
2016-05-25 15:25 ` Frank Rowand
[not found] ` <5745C3F8.4020909-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-25 16:06 ` Mark Rutland
2016-05-25 16:06 ` Mark Rutland
2016-05-25 16:31 ` Frank Rowand
2016-05-25 18:44 ` Rob Herring
2016-05-25 18:44 ` Rob Herring
2016-05-25 18:48 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-25 18:48 ` Mark Brown
2016-05-26 8:21 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-05-26 8:21 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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