Re: [PATCH] spi: add a bits_per_word to struct spi_board_info

[Feng Tang <feng.tang-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 11:48:22 +0800
David Brownell <david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> You know, in retrospect, I shouldn't have put
> most of those SPI device setup params into the
> board setup data.
> 
> There's one which MUST be there:  polarity of
> the chip select line.  The rest seem like they
> could (and arguably should) all be handled by
> driver-specific params.  (Possible exception:
> clock rate, which sometimes matters even when
> chips are not selected).
> 
> At any rate, adding MORE driver-specific params
> (like bits-per-word) to board setup data seems
> like the wrong direction to go..

Agree. Thank you two for helping me get an overall picture of
configuring these parameters.

-Feng

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