[RFC][PATCH] MPC832x_RDB: update dts to use spi, register mmc_spi stub

Scott Wood scottwood at freescale.com
Sat Jul 28 02:40:47 EST 2007


On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 03:45:59PM +0400, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> Sure, technically nothing prevents this. But, QE specs names
> SPIs by these ids. Plus, from the kernel side spi name will be
> not pretty, it will be spi1216.1. Reg value making little sense
> to the userspace (or kernel-side SPI layer). Still want get
> rid of device-id?

Naming devices for human consumption is a more general problem than
device-id addresses; I'd like to see a standard "label" property added to
the device tree spec that software could use to present a human-friendly
label that corresponds to markings on the case, position on the board,
etc.

-Scott



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