Re: [PATCH resend] spi core: Provide means to instantiate devices through sysfs

2012-09-22 Thread Guenter Roeck
On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 12:11:33PM -0400, Mark Brown wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 04:51:20PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > The I2C core provides a means to instantiate devices from userspace > > using sysfs attributes. Provide the same mechanism for SPI devices. > > So, unlike I2C this is

Re: [PATCH resend] spi core: Provide means to instantiate devices through sysfs

2012-09-22 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 04:51:20PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > The I2C core provides a means to instantiate devices from userspace > using sysfs attributes. Provide the same mechanism for SPI devices. So, unlike I2C this is only going to work for a subset of controllers - anything that relies

Re: [PATCH resend] spi core: Provide means to instantiate devices through sysfs

2012-09-22 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 04:51:20PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: The I2C core provides a means to instantiate devices from userspace using sysfs attributes. Provide the same mechanism for SPI devices. So, unlike I2C this is only going to work for a subset of controllers - anything that relies on

Re: [PATCH resend] spi core: Provide means to instantiate devices through sysfs

2012-09-22 Thread Guenter Roeck
On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 12:11:33PM -0400, Mark Brown wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 04:51:20PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: The I2C core provides a means to instantiate devices from userspace using sysfs attributes. Provide the same mechanism for SPI devices. So, unlike I2C this is only

[PATCH resend] spi core: Provide means to instantiate devices through sysfs

2012-09-17 Thread Guenter Roeck
The I2C core provides a means to instantiate devices from userspace using sysfs attributes. Provide the same mechanism for SPI devices. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck --- This helped me tremendously for testing new SPI master and client drivers. Maybe it is useful for others as well. ping: Any

[PATCH resend] spi core: Provide means to instantiate devices through sysfs

2012-09-17 Thread Guenter Roeck
The I2C core provides a means to instantiate devices from userspace using sysfs attributes. Provide the same mechanism for SPI devices. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck li...@roeck-us.net --- This helped me tremendously for testing new SPI master and client drivers. Maybe it is useful for others as