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

[Maxime Ripard]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 11:16:01AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 02:51:13PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 02:38:18PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> 
> > > >> I don't know if it's been suggested before, certainly nobody did the
> > > >> work to make it happen.  I don't think I have a massive objection in
> > > >> principal.
> 
> > Actually, I did it a year ago, and it looked at the time that it
> > wasn't what should be done either.
> 
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/28/612
> 
> lkml.org is being terrible as usual so I can't see half the thread (or
> at least got fed up trying to get it to load)

A part of it is also here:
http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1405.0/00484.html

> but I think the discussion there petered out more than anything
> else.

Maybe it did :)

> Or was it the suggestion to make this something that the driver core
> supported so that we didn't have to open code it for every bus?

Probably. That's something I really haven't took the time to look at,
and don't really plan on doing so.

I guess a good way forward would be to revive this patch, and wait for
that generic way to happen.

What do you think of this?

Maxime

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