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

[Christoph Niedermaier]

From: Marek Vasut <marex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2026 8:56 PM
> On 10/21/26 8:37 PM, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
>> 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.
> Good point -- Christoph, is this the (use)case here , can the user do that?

I don't think that's the case, since there isn't currently an SPI device
connected to this interface. Nevertheless, I'd be interested to know how
to instantiate a new device from user space.

Regards
Christoph