Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] spi: Add driver_override SPI device attribute

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:18 PM Trent Piepho <tpiepho@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This attribute works the same was as the identically named attribute
> for PCI, AMBA, and platform devices.  For reference, see:
>
> commit 3cf385713460 ("ARM: 8256/1: driver coamba: add device binding
> path 'driver_override'")
> commit 3d713e0e382e ("driver core: platform: add device binding path
> 'driver_override'")
> commit 782a985d7af2 ("PCI: Introduce new device binding path using
> pci_dev.driver_override")
>
> If the name of a driver is written to this attribute, then the device
> will bind to the named driver and only the named driver.
>
> The device will bind to the driver even if the driver does not list the
> device in its id table.  This behavior is different than the driver's
> bind attribute, which only allows binding to devices that are listed as
> supported by the driver.
>
> It can be used to bind a generic driver, like spidev, to a device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Trent Piepho <tpiepho@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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