Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: sunxi: Add num-cs for A20 spi nodes

[Maxime Ripard]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 11:24:14AM +0100, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
> > > > >  If num-cs isn't present nothing prevent to start a transfer
> > > > > with a non-valid CS pin, resulting in an error.  num-cs are
> > > > > default property especially made for this and a SPI driver
> > > > > should try to get the property at probe/attach time.
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, but as far as I know, our driver doesn't. I'm all in for
> > > > having support for that in our driver, but without it, that
> > > > patch is kind of useless.
> > > 
> > >  Yes the Linux driver doesn't use it but my upcoming one for FreeBSD
> > > uses it. So it is not useless for downstream user of DTS.
> > 
> > Ah, I didn't know this was for FreeBSD. So you started to use our DTs,
> > or do you have some modifications to it? How does that work?
> 
> Yes we use the DTS from linux from quite some times now. We're
> currently synced with 4.7-ish.  We either use them directly or
> modify them according to our needs and driver support.

Do you have a link to those modifications?

Thanks,
Maxime

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Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
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