Re: [PATCH 5/5] ARM: dts: Add LEGO MINDSTORTMS EV3 dts

David Lechner
2016-10-25T02:57:56Z

On 10/24/2016 10:50 AM, David Lechner wrote:
> On 10/24/2016 06:58 AM, Sekhar Nori wrote:
>> On Saturday 22 October 2016 12:06 AM, David Lechner wrote:
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +&spi1 {
>>> + status = "okay";
>>> + pinctrl-names = "default";
>>> + pinctrl-0 = <&spi1_pins>, <&spi1_cs0_pin>;
>>> +
>>> + /* TODO: LCD Display goes here */
>>
>> Add this node when you actually have display working.
>
> What if we set this up as a spidev node instead? This way the display
> could be used from userspace without a driver.
>

To answer my own question, it seems that specifying "spidev" in
devicetree is frowned upon since it does not "describe the hardware".