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Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm][POWERPC] mpc8xxx : allow SPI without cs.
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:04:46 -0500
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On Jun 18, 2009, at 8:09 AM, Anton Vorontsov wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 08:19:44AM +0200, Rini van Zetten wrote:
>> This patch adds the possibility to have a spi device without a cs.
>>
>> For example, the dts file should look something like this:
>>
>> spi-controller {
>>       gpios = <&pio1 1 0      /* cs0 */
>>                0              /* cs1, no GPIO */
>>                &pio2 2 0>;    /* cs2 */
>>
>
> Interesting scheme. I guess this is for eSPI controllers that can
> do their own chip-selects, but we want GPIO chip selects in addition
> (or in place of built-in ones), correct?

That is a good question.  What HW is this for (I don't think its for  
eSPI but I could be wrong).

- k