Re: SPI driver probe problem during boot

[Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 12:47 PM Martin Townsend <mtownsend1973@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 9:43 AM Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 11:04 AM Martin Townsend <mtownsend1973@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...

> > > Now this is on a oldish kernel (4.12) and moving the kernel forward
> > > isn't trivial.  I was just wondering if this has been fixed already so
> > > I could backport it, I couldn't see anything in the latest kernel but
> > > maybe it has been solved a different way.  If not is there a better
> > > way of fixing this? Or is the OMAP SPI controller driver the problem,
> > > should it parse the child nodes first and set itself up accordingly?
> >
> > Can you confirm the issue on v5.7-rc4?
> >
>
> I will try but it's not always possible with these embedded SoC's
> without a lot of work.

I understand that, but if issue is fixed the proper (but might be
painful and long) way is to bisect to the fix and try to backport.
Otherwise it will need to be fixed in newest available kernel first.

So, in either case you should test on latest available.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko