On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 01:44:21PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:

> For SPI, I think we should use "label" which reflects a name that is 
> defined by the h/w design and is meaningful to the user. Then perhaps 
> the device becomes "/dev/spi/by-name/<label>/spidev.0" or simply 
> "/dev/spidev-<label>.0".

I agree - this makes a lot more sense.