On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 05:45:25AM +0200, Lukas Wunner wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 10:29:32PM +0800, Yang Yingliang wrote: > > extern int devm_spi_register_controller(struct device *dev, > > struct spi_controller *ctlr); > This doesn't really make sense I'm afraid. The umbrella term > "spi_controller" can refer to either a master or a slave. > One has to specify on allocation which of the two is desired. > An API which purports to allow allocation of the umbrella term > but defaults to a master behind the scenes seems misleading to me. Yes, we'd need to either have two wrappers using some more appropriate terminology than master/slave or have a parameter which specifies the role.
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