Re: [PATCH 1/1] spi: spi-gpio: Add dt support for a single device with no chip select

[Torsten Fleischer]

2014-10-27 18:30 GMT+01:00 Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 03:27:17PM +0000, Torsten Fleischer wrote:
>> From: Torsten Fleischer <torfl6749@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Use an empty 'cs-gpios' property if a single device is connected which
>> has no chip select.
>> This refers to the discussion at https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/11/13/62.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Torsten Fleischer <torfl6749@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-gpio.txt |  6 ++++--
>>  drivers/spi/spi-gpio.c                             | 10 +++++++---
>>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-gpio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-gpio.txt
>> index 8a824be..ad8795f 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-gpio.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-gpio.txt
>> @@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ Required properties:
>>   - gpio-sck: GPIO spec for the SCK line to use
>>   - gpio-miso: GPIO spec for the MISO line to use
>>   - gpio-mosi: GPIO spec for the MOSI line to use
>> - - cs-gpios: GPIOs to use for chipselect lines
>> - - num-chipselects: number of chipselect lines
>> + - cs-gpios: GPIOs to use for chipselect lines. Leave this property empty if
>> +             a single device with no chip select is connected.
>> + - num-chipselects: Number of chipselect lines. Has to be "1" even if a single
>> +                    device with no chip select is connected.
>
> Why not just have num-chipselectes = <0>, and no cs-gpios property?
>
> That would match the HW, and is unambigious as the author has to state
> explicitly that there are no chipselects.

Thanks for the objection. I agree to your proposal. This is a clearer
way to describe such
a hardware. I will send an updated patch.

Torsten
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