Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: dts: imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box: Remove unused SPI device

[Marek Vasut <marex@nabladev.com>]

On 10/21/26 8:37 PM, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 07:19:30PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> On 10/21/26 3:44 PM, Christoph Niedermaier wrote:
>>> On the maveo box, the SPI pins are connected to connector X10,
>>> but no device is connected. The device "dhcom-board" was used
>>> only to test the hardware, but was not removed afterward. So
>>> remove this device to accurately represent the current hardware
>>> configuration here.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 145e2732a5e9 ("ARM: dts: imx6ull-dhcor: Add Marantec maveo box")
>>> Signed-off-by: Christoph Niedermaier <cniedermaier@dh-electronics.com>
>>> ---
>>> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
>>> Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>
>>> Cc: Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>
>>> Cc: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
>>> Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
>>> Cc: Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@pengutronix.de>
>>> Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>
>>> Cc: Marek Vasut <marex@nabladev.com>
>>> Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
>>> Cc: imx@lists.linux.dev
>>> Cc: kernel@dh-electronics.com
>>> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>>> ---
>>>    arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dts | 8 --------
>>>    1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dts
>>> index 047f7b2d8526..eb0b91040110 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dts
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dts
>>> @@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ &ecspi4 {
>>>    	pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_ecspi4>;
>>>    	pinctrl-names = "default";
>>>    	status = "okay";
>>
>> Drop "status = "okay"" too , since this controller will be unused ?
> 
> you can instantiate a new device on the SPI bus from userspace. up to
> you, but if I was a user I would appreciate to have it enabled.
Good point -- Christoph, is this the (use)case here , can the user do that?