From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans de Goede Subject: Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 2/3] spidev: Add DT binding example. Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:23:38 +0200 Message-ID: <553CCABA.3090504@redhat.com> References: <20150426103257.GJ22845@sirena.org.uk> <20150426110144.GK22845@sirena.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-sunxi , Jonathan Corbet , linux-spi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-doc-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List To: broonie-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, Michal Suchanek Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150426110144.GK22845-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-spi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Hi, On 26-04-15 13:01, Mark Brown wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 12:54:36PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: >> On 26 April 2015 at 12:32, Mark Brown wrote: > >>> No, this is broken - nothing should ever bind to spidev as spidev. The >>> fact that we have a binding document at all is a bug. > >> And how do you get spidev if nothing binds to it? > >> When you boot without the binding no device is created. > > Describe your actual hardware in the DT then add the relevant device ID > to spidev. I think there is actual a use for just binding spidev as spidev, think e.g. the spi pins on the raspberry pi. How do you deal we suggest with such a situation ? Regards, Hans -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-spi" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html