Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: dts: imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box: Remove unused SPI device

[Francesco Dolcini]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 07:19:30PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 10/21/26 3:44 PM, Christoph Niedermaier wrote:
> > On the maveo box, the SPI pins are connected to connector X10,
> > but no device is connected. The device "dhcom-board" was used
> > only to test the hardware, but was not removed afterward. So
> > remove this device to accurately represent the current hardware
> > configuration here.
> > 
> > Fixes: 145e2732a5e9 ("ARM: dts: imx6ull-dhcor: Add Marantec maveo box")
> > Signed-off-by: Christoph Niedermaier <cniedermaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Conor Dooley <conor+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Marek Vasut <marex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: imx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---
> >   arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dts | 8 --------
> >   1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dts
> > index 047f7b2d8526..eb0b91040110 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dts
> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dts
> > @@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ &ecspi4 {
> >   	pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_ecspi4>;
> >   	pinctrl-names = "default";
> >   	status = "okay";
> 
> Drop "status = "okay"" too , since this controller will be unused ?

you can instantiate a new device on the SPI bus from userspace. up to
you, but if I was a user I would appreciate to have it enabled.

Francesco