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From: David Brownell <david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 04/12] spi: add ti-ssp spi master driver
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:25:33 -0800 (PST)
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> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 07:17:18PM
> -0500, Cyril Chemparathy wrote:
> 
> > The ability to wait on multiple devices may come
> handy.

... You mean you'd like to add such a 
mechanism to the framework? 

Or do you want a driver-specific
mechanism (non-portable)?


 If I had
to do that, I'd just use existing
kernel mechanisms to wait, and then
issue SPI transactions as needed.
Portable, straightforward.