Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 3 May 2015 12:02:13 +0200 | Subject | Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 2/3] spidev: Add DT binding example. | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> |
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On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Martin Sperl <kernel@martin.sperl.org> wrote: >> On 30.04.2015, at 21:58, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> wrote: >> A big reason for that is that it's not in my inbox for me to review, >> these messages I flagged as unhelpful aren't going to help with that if >> only because I don't want to create the impression that such behaviour >> achieves results. > > What about implementing it like this: > echo -n “spi32761.4” > /sys/bus/spi/drivers/spidev/bind > > Would this be an acceptable solution? > > This is actually mentioned in Documentation/spi/spidev as a > possible option for the future - quote: > >> (Sysfs also supports userspace driven binding/unbinding of drivers to >> devices. That mechanism might be supported here in the future.) > > Not sure why it does not work right now (but it works for “real” > device-drivers), but I guess it has to do with compatibility checks.
IIRC, PCI drivers support adding more compatible entries through /sysfs.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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