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 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A2E7C25B50 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2023 08:21:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229529AbjATIVD (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2023 03:21:03 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45146 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231150AbjATIVC (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2023 03:21:02 -0500 Received: from mail.3ffe.de (0001.3ffe.de [IPv6:2a01:4f8:c0c:9d57::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ACFC44CE7C; Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:21:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from mwalle01.kontron.local. (unknown [213.135.10.150]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mail.3ffe.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A129B123C; Fri, 20 Jan 2023 09:20:58 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=walle.cc; s=mail2022082101; t=1674202858; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=P2YGMvOkJJ3edSwKTwvliLo6LlI8cpRsq5B4Ascd4k8=; b=ZPL0LXsWKcu3D45/yajKnPOECCDYC4/69KzUOf8VExmhzWgBQeiwLe10pqdeS/ILOZYl5o +LquF8+/m5x66baKOoiOXaCyq0bC/l9z3m6JkYSFLefvPsH3bbkYZMtgTsqZrxBum5Ay5T H98sGqYoJy4Wym+AD1y4wFyIAFVTxGeL1F8XtSkWUKoh03NxDJ+Ik7o9mpe5e4oYguJsT8 8wLgn37Mh7JrXqaSjwhLqWX3udnHWDmxMpzqvpcvbojef6D2LQz8RvM4RAcOl1Og9SaFi0 9yUp7ce6WUwnhDgwmyvi5uJjOxQ+o/X425xY7st62PYSoHCdr2cV03VLCoE11Q== From: Michael Walle To: amergnat@baylibre.com Cc: broonie@kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, linux-spi@vger.kernel.org, matthias.bgg@gmail.com, robh+dt@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] spi: spidev: add new mediatek support Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 09:20:54 +0100 Message-Id: <20230120082054.610626-1-michael@walle.cc> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 In-Reply-To: <20230118-mt8365-spi-support-v1-2-842a21e50494@baylibre.com> References: <20230118-mt8365-spi-support-v1-2-842a21e50494@baylibre.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spi@vger.kernel.org From: Alexandre Mergnat > Add the "mediatek,genio" compatible string to support Mediatek > SPI controller on the genio boards. What is the use case of having the spidev? What if I want to connect a device with a linux driver to it? It seems like you just want to expose the SPI bus on the pin header. There was a similar discussion for a mikrobus connector [1]. -michael [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-devicetree/YmFo+EntwxIsco%2Ft@robh.at.kernel.org/