Re: [PATCH 2/2] spi: spidev: add new mediatek support

From: Michael Walle
Date: Fri Jan 20 2023 - 03:21:08 EST


From: Alexandre Mergnat <amergnat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Add the "mediatek,genio" compatible string to support Mediatek
> SPI controller on the genio boards.

What is the use case of having the spidev? What if I want to
connect a device with a linux driver to it? It seems like you
just want to expose the SPI bus on the pin header. There was a
similar discussion for a mikrobus connector [1].

-michael

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-devicetree/YmFo+EntwxIsco%2Ft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/