Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] spi: spidev: Add compatible for external SPI ports on Kontron boards | From | Frieder Schrempf <> | Date | Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:48:37 +0200 |
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On 15.07.20 15:10, Mark Brown wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 01:45:51PM +0200, Frieder Schrempf wrote: >> On 15.07.20 13:36, Mark Brown wrote: > >>> Hey, I proposed other solutions you didn't want to implement! > >> Right, but you have to admit that the other solutions turned out to be >> rather out of scope for someone like me who merely wants to use the spidev >> driver. > >> But I don't blame you. I'm now having a better idea of how things are (or >> aren't) supposed to look like. So thanks for your patience! > > I'm not sure platforms like this are a great fit for DT TBH - the > trouble with DT is that it turns things into ABIs regardless of if it's > really a finished thing, platform data based systems were a lot more > flexible here.
I see your point. Still it seems like the overlays would provide a sufficient alternative in matters of flexibility. Raspberry Pi uses it for years, which made me assume that some generic loading API is available. But it seems like everything is RPi-specific and downstream.
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