Re: [RFC 1/2] spi: spidev: Use 'new_id' sysfs file for enabling spidev

[Mark Brown]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 06:41:11PM +0530, Bhuvanchandra DV wrote:
> On 04/20/2016 05:47 PM, Mark Brown wrote:

> >The DT should describe the hardware so the DT should describe whatever
> >device is connected to the spidev, what you're trying to do is have
> >spidev bind to these new compatible strings.

> The device which i was pointing earlier is the SPI master device(spiB.C) not
> the external h/w device interfaced to it. Yes, DT will describe the h/w
> interfaced on SPI master device(spiB.C). In case of spidev we are not
> supposed to describe in DT as it is not a real h/w. The intention of this
> patchset is to completely avoid spidev in DT and load it via sysfs new_id
> file for selected SPI master device(spiB.C).

This is the problem, you've not understood what spidev is.  spidev is
providing access to a slave device so it binds to the slave device.

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