[PATCH] spi: tegra114: add spi driver

Stephen Warren swarren at wwwdotorg.org
Thu Feb 21 05:00:02 EST 2013


On 02/20/2013 10:57 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:36:41AM -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> On 02/20/2013 10:31 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
>>> Since we can extend the list of clocks it doesn't seem like
>>> there's much issue here, especially if some of them are
>>> optional?
> 
>> Yes, there's certainly a way to extend the binding in a 
>> backwards-compatible way.
> 
>> However, I have seen in Rob and/or Grant push back on not fully 
>> defining bindings in the past - i.e. actively planning to
>> initially create a minimal binding and extend it in the future,
>> rather than completely defining it up-front.
> 
> That sounds like the current stuff with a minimal definition is
> OK?

I'm personally OK with defining a minimal binding first and extending
it later. But, I'm worried if when we actually try to extend the
binding later, we'll get push-back.


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