Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] spi: add new_device/delete_device sysfs interface

On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 07:10:55PM +0000, Vishwaroop A wrote:
> Development boards such as the Jetson AGX Orin expose SPI buses
> on expansion headers (e.g. the 40-pin header) so that users can
> connect and interact with SPI peripherals from userspace. The
> standard way to get /dev/spidevB.C character device nodes for
> this purpose is to register spi_device instances backed by the
> spidev driver.

I think we're almost there here, but this does need to be restricted to
host controllers.

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