Re: [PATCH 5/5] ARM: dts: Add LEGO MINDSTORTMS EV3 dts

[David Lechner]

On 10/24/2016 10:50 AM, David Lechner wrote:
> On 10/24/2016 06:58 AM, Sekhar Nori wrote:
> > On Saturday 22 October 2016 12:06 AM, David Lechner wrote:
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +&spi1 {
> > > +    status = "okay";
> > > +    pinctrl-names = "default";
> > > +    pinctrl-0 = <&spi1_pins>, <&spi1_cs0_pin>;
> > > +
> > > +    /* TODO: LCD Display goes here */
> >
> > Add this node when you actually have display working.
>
> What if we set this up as a spidev node instead? This way the display
> could be used from userspace without a driver.

To answer my own question, it seems that specifying "spidev" in 
devicetree is frowned upon since it does not "describe the hardware".