Re: [PATCH] spi: Force the registration of the spidev devices

Mark Brown
2014-05-06T00:58:15Z

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On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 09:10:43AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Maxime Ripard

> > Not really, because you can't declare a spidev device in the DT.

> Yes you can. I've done it before.

> See also "git grep -w spidev -- arch/arm/*/dts/".

It is technically possible but it is a bad idea that should not get past
review - it's putting a specific bit of Linux implementation detail
about how we want to to control the relevant device at this specific
time into the DT.

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