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From: Mark Brown <broonie-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
To: Frederic LAMBERT <frdrc66-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring-bsGFqQB8/DxBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>,
	spi-devel-general-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
	Tobias Klauser <tklauser-93Khv+1bN0NyDzI6CaY1VQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi/spi-altera: Allow to explicitely override bus number via dts
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:08:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120201140838.GE13723@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMVnO+kWX=NYi+YU9H5nRc9UksCJLQUi-_Kj9UASwoiqZj9tGA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 03:01:53PM +0100, Frederic LAMBERT wrote:

Don't top post!

> Because this bus number is used to create the device name on
> /sys/bus/spi/..., name that the user app must know to work with.

Why must the user application know this?  What is missing to allow the
application to discover an appropriate device to work with automatically?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-02-01 14:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-31 15:54 [PATCH] spi/spi-altera: Allow to explicitely override bus number via dts Tobias Klauser
     [not found] ` <1328025246-23450-1-git-send-email-tklauser-93Khv+1bN0NyDzI6CaY1VQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-01 13:55   ` Mark Brown
     [not found]     ` <20120201135524.GD13723-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-01 14:01       ` Frederic LAMBERT
     [not found]         ` <CAMVnO+kWX=NYi+YU9H5nRc9UksCJLQUi-_Kj9UASwoiqZj9tGA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-01 14:08           ` Mark Brown [this message]
     [not found]             ` <20120201140838.GE13723-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-01 14:25               ` Frederic LAMBERT
     [not found]                 ` <CAMVnO+m5DTYeK9mHcciqU-y7HGP-d9FXWkvTV4ZJJLTRqjK7LQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-01 14:35                   ` Mark Brown
     [not found]                     ` <20120201143558.GF13723-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-01 14:53                       ` Frederic LAMBERT
     [not found]                         ` <CAMVnO+n2SW=e7EP-MjLbFeF7ZW6e=FwL=UdOd=cd-XN=C132Qg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-01 15:05                           ` Mark Brown
     [not found]                             ` <20120201150517.GG13723-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-01 15:29                               ` Frederic LAMBERT
     [not found]                                 ` <CAMVnO+kvjbxW7EdMe_YF=oSp0bR-RqaP_rPM57tyHzGKhsoNxg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-01 15:42                                   ` Mark Brown
     [not found]                                     ` <20120201154204.GH13723-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-01 15:52                                       ` Frederic LAMBERT
     [not found]                                         ` <CAMVnO+nB77XOQHfL1zZLve_=z6vFk_HMF+hj=iMTAuOAYSRExA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-01 17:57                                           ` Grant Likely
2012-02-01 18:10                                           ` Mark Brown
2012-02-01 17:59   ` Grant Likely

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