Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753207AbbEDNSM (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2015 09:18:12 -0400 Received: from mezzanine.sirena.org.uk ([106.187.55.193]:49399 "EHLO mezzanine.sirena.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752704AbbEDNSH (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2015 09:18:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 14:17:39 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Michal Suchanek Cc: Martin Sperl , "Eric D." , linux-sunxi , Jonathan Corbet , Hans de Goede , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Maxime Ripard , linux-spi Message-ID: <20150504131739.GW15510@sirena.org.uk> References: <20150429174059.GQ22845@sirena.org.uk> <20150429180659.GT22845@sirena.org.uk> <20150430195829.GG22845@sirena.org.uk> <20150503095917.GQ22845@sirena.org.uk> <20150504101207.GR22845@sirena.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="L0mHLbha4YKvhGtu" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Cookie: Keep refrigerated. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 86.189.253.62 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: broonie@sirena.org.uk Subject: Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 2/3] spidev: Add DT binding example. X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:24:06 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mezzanine.sirena.org.uk) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1494 Lines: 42 --L0mHLbha4YKvhGtu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 12:42:03PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: > On 4 May 2015 at 12:12, Mark Brown wrote: > > I'm confused. What would the point of the functionality be if not to > > override the existing data, otherwise we'd already have bound the > > driver? > Presumably you can swap different versions of a driver this way. > Many devices have two drivers in Linux (old and new) which are > obviously both compatible. Many? We have a couple but if we ever have many then that would be a bit of a disaster. --L0mHLbha4YKvhGtu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJVR3FzAAoJECTWi3JdVIfQARwH/itB/BGJtCMIdSffjARZOVnt CzNW4cBqlxSQqkzsTSPW3/5Nm/NO6z+bCjCQVigjth3XtB3UIPJcZjnhfSJPs9tH Z5FWGsWwVsjXOPd0zocFq1gTYzDvB6q6E5ZQIGW6tK8CT2PZrShRnSVbC305EPN1 eXtfgcsiTt3PiLbzLCxglALvnuGBIY0CPKlbw2OMbdPR75mH4BRhppNvThH1IqMH AfU83iAV7a8SdeRKmuDrjbsgMzFdr53d+agB90FZwan3CWUbykhUXgNiVr7CzAd4 6059OEDrgO2jk+R7ptCMmBQSazd4bML5xg4YfzB1Z1GtnZ3X/eexy3pbuc9GteU= =uXNB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --L0mHLbha4YKvhGtu-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/