Re: [PATCH] mmc: mmc_spi: add spi:mmc-spi-slot alias

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 1:28 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 1:03 PM Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Jul 21 2021, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >
> > > Or problem is somewhere else?
> >
> > I don't know.  Why does the spi subsystem put "spi:mmc-spi-slot" into
> > the modalias file, instead of "of:N(null)T(null)Cmmc-spi-slot" or
> > similar?  The same problem exists with the other spi port on the board,
> > which has a jedec,spi-nor instance attached, also not auto loading.
>
> You see, there are two unrelated drivers that share the same issue
> (the common denominator is that they are SPI devices). I believe the
> issue is somewhere in the SPI core rather than here.
>
> Compare the code of
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c#L649
> vs.
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/spi/spi.c#L56
>
> and
>
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c#L139
> vs.
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/spi/spi.c#L361


> The culprit is this one:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190618052644.32446-1-bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> and in my humble opinion must be reverted.

Oops, I have been too fast. It's not related to SPI in general, sorry
guys. But the idea you have got from above, I believe.



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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko