From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39B7EC433DF for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:36:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B304206F5 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:36:21 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1594812981; bh=Xh8/JBgH7wyEwqIpFjmyPj/0SkJTwu7TpyHRES0GSNA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=xAI7P4OkozSslBdVYMLajBKKdaSIF+9XQwXlhO1BY64p3dOzBH8uF9RPJs20Zv7w1 XWzb6TgyQSFrK2dIszZtkfMeqLRF0lG9fk9ylGWH27/Q2csRZmZo6UrDL/lsAlcMde EwuZZxFtqiCq5PCn2/qE/vFOWYgoxHLYjSejTrTY= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729086AbgGOLgU (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jul 2020 07:36:20 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:35454 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728970AbgGOLgU (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jul 2020 07:36:20 -0400 Received: from localhost (fw-tnat.cambridge.arm.com [217.140.96.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1CDD6206E9; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:36:18 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1594812979; bh=Xh8/JBgH7wyEwqIpFjmyPj/0SkJTwu7TpyHRES0GSNA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=xWh9fdXswjUMMJiZeb3FqvqyCsw77pDePQcttewiRlCv6W1+bmP+5pxznafCelqxv 4ocXUjxeDGJUuFvIKyB6r+3kwO2j5+CwjFxD+zqIYGuMU1e5Szsd94ezsSwmwwSxVh JQHwjm6Cy48dDzKVKK9DbGos0MXTVJn01SZ7pdJs= Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:36:09 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Frieder Schrempf Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-spi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: spidev: Add compatible for external SPI ports on Kontron boards Message-ID: <20200715113609.GD5431@sirena.org.uk> References: <20200702141846.7752-1-frieder.schrempf@kontron.de> <20200702142511.GF4483@sirena.org.uk> <24ec4eed-de01-28df-ee1f-f7bcfc80051a@kontron.de> <20200702150725.GI4483@sirena.org.uk> <479d566a-213f-4e33-8ac7-7637ae88e31c@kontron.de> <20200713151108.GB4420@sirena.org.uk> <2eb6971b-7ea4-c9c8-5452-6f4b17e8860a@kontron.de> <20200714192907.GJ4900@sirena.org.uk> <16825a78-8eb0-90f2-433a-d1ae6eed6ba8@kontron.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FFoLq8A0u+X9iRU8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16825a78-8eb0-90f2-433a-d1ae6eed6ba8@kontron.de> X-Cookie: 40 isn't old. If you're a tree. User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-spi-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spi@vger.kernel.org --FFoLq8A0u+X9iRU8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 09:26:29AM +0200, Frieder Schrempf wrote: > On 14.07.20 21:29, Mark Brown wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 10:54:15AM +0200, Frieder Schrempf wrote: > > > patch in our own tree, or if a node with a custom compatible string like for > > > example "kontron,user-spi" would be accepted upstream, without a matching > > > driver? > > I'm having a hard time getting enthusiastic about it TBH - can you not > > just use spidev and live with the warning? > Ok, I can do that, but when I resend my patches and add "compatible = > 'spidev'" to my DT I expect someone to complain again as my DT does not > describe the hardware. That's the issue with kontron,user-spi too though :/ > But for obvious reasons this can't be considered a good solution and it > seems somewhat disturbing that the maintainer needs to propose it because of > lack of proper solutions ;) Hey, I proposed other solutions you didn't want to implement! --FFoLq8A0u+X9iRU8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCgAdFiEEreZoqmdXGLWf4p/qJNaLcl1Uh9AFAl8O6ikACgkQJNaLcl1U h9Ahqwf+Iu9cDSXmEFlO9SyIzVOl/fi+MMZVdyFlaZY9LJVs3q1FMn8K0FRwOnwh 8iqEHnjOSp6PlupJJmbXPTNw666Qv+d4Ct9WyCo3fq98npEi6P8aW37zmfbCLGSv aBrxA3A5/bBoOV3NSXcmVOOGHjV0zqP+h1NVQ4gGTG27rSN3BXCE8BYifdvN5bP6 u67RLmi1feDqkQXt2beZ1nXv0N6xbVCyWcGG8g/Y2bt3e7/FO3zACmAQQc5CZ0WW +sucY7Sa2zNMMXVkBgoaHvuvmjtIxsBKkRnwq/jcoOct3KITx7gz/1EsaVbPWnsL lv4IT5tp7hkw4JezgeJRwJf60L84BA== =YQrr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FFoLq8A0u+X9iRU8--