Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 2/3] spidev: Add DT binding example.

Mark Brown
2015-05-04T13:18:12Z

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On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 12:42:03PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> On 4 May 2015 at 12:12, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> wrote:

> > I'm confused. What would the point of the functionality be if not to
> > override the existing data, otherwise we'd already have bound the
> > driver?

> Presumably you can swap different versions of a driver this way.

> Many devices have two drivers in Linux (old and new) which are
> obviously both compatible.

Many? We have a couple but if we ever have many then that would be a
bit of a disaster.

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