spi: enable spi_board_info to be registered after spi_master
Currently spi_register_board_info() has to be called before its related
spi_master be registered, otherwise these board info will be just ignored.
This patch will remove this order limit, it adds a global spi master list
like the existing global board info listr. Whenever a board info or a
spi_master is registered, the spi master list or board info list
will be scanned, and a new spi device will be created if there is a
master-board info match.
Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 92e52a1..b4d7710 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@
/**
* struct spi_master - interface to SPI master controller
* @dev: device interface to this driver
+ * @list: link with the global spi_master list
* @bus_num: board-specific (and often SOC-specific) identifier for a
* given SPI controller.
* @num_chipselect: chipselects are used to distinguish individual
@@ -238,6 +239,8 @@
struct spi_master {
struct device dev;
+ struct list_head list;
+
/* other than negative (== assign one dynamically), bus_num is fully
* board-specific. usually that simplifies to being SOC-specific.
* example: one SOC has three SPI controllers, numbered 0..2,