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diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary index 761debf748e9..a5ffba33a351 100644 --- a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary +++ b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary @@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ shows up in sysfs in several locations: /sys/devices/.../CTLR/spiB.C ... spi_device for on bus "B", chipselect C, accessed through CTLR. + /sys/devices/.../CTLR/spiB.C/modalias ... identifies the driver + that should be used with this device (for hotplug/coldplug) + /sys/bus/spi/devices/spiB.C ... symlink to the physical spiB-C device @@ -247,6 +250,12 @@ driver is registered: Like with other static board-specific setup, you won't unregister those. +The widely used "card" style computers bundle memory, cpu, and little else +onto a card that's maybe just thirty square centimeters. On such systems, +your arch/.../mach-.../board-*.c file would primarily provide information +about the devices on the mainboard into which such a card is plugged. That +certainly includes SPI devices hooked up through the card connectors! + NON-STATIC CONFIGURATIONS @@ -258,6 +267,10 @@ up the spi bus master, and will likely need spi_new_device() to provide the board info based on the board that was hotplugged. Of course, you'd later call at least spi_unregister_device() when that board is removed. +When Linux includes support for MMC/SD/SDIO/DataFlash cards through SPI, those +configurations will also be dynamic. Fortunately, those devices all support +basic device identification probes, so that support should hotplug normally. + How do I write an "SPI Protocol Driver"? ---------------------------------------- |