Date:   Wed, 8 Feb 2023 15:37:12 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To:     Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
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On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 11:31:57PM -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 6:08 PM Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com> wrote:

...

> Another way to get this to work is to:
> 1) unload pinctrl driver, unload spi driver.
> 2) apply overlay
> 3) reload pinctrl driver, reload spi driver.
> 
> This is assuming unloading those 2 drivers doesn't crash your system.

Just a side note.

For ACPI case the ACPICA prevents appearing of the same device in the
namespace, so the above is kinda enforced, that's why overlays work better
there (but have a lot of limitations).

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko