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Commit f3186dd8 ("spi: Optionally use GPIO descriptors for CS GPIOs")
introduced the optional use of GPIO descriptors for chip selects.

A side-effect of this change: when a SPI bus uses GPIO descriptors,
all its client devices have SPI_CS_HIGH set in spi->mode. This flag is
required for the SPI bus to operate correctly.

This unfortunately breaks many client drivers, which use the following
pattern to configure their underlying SPI bus:

static int client_device_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
{
	...
	spi->mode = SPI_MODE_0;
	spi->bits_per_word = 8;
	err = spi_setup(spi);
	..
}

In short, many client drivers overwrite the SPI_CS_HIGH bit in
spi->mode, and break the underlying SPI bus driver.

This is especially true for Freescale/NXP imx ecspi, where large
numbers of spi client drivers now no longer work.

Proposed fix:
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When using gpio descriptors, depend on gpiolib to handle CS polarity.
Existing quirks in gpiolib ensure that this is handled correctly.

Existing gpiolib behaviour will force the polarity of any chip-select
gpiod to active-high (if 'spi-active-high' devicetree prop present) or
active-low (if 'spi-active-high' absent). Irrespective of whether
the gpio is marked GPIO_ACTIVE_[HIGH|LOW] in the devicetree.

Loose ends:
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If this fix is applied:
- is commit 138c9c32
  ("spi: spidev: Fix CS polarity if GPIO descriptors are used")
  still necessary / correct ?

Fixes: f3186dd8

 ("spi: Optionally use GPIO descriptors for CS GPIOs")
Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201106150706.29089-1-TheSven73@gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>