Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc

* 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (25 commits)
  powerpc: Disable 64K hugetlb support when doing 64K SPU mappings
  powerpc/powermac: Fixup default serial port device for pmac_zilog
  powerpc/powermac: Use sane default baudrate for SCC debugging
  powerpc/mm: Implement _PAGE_SPECIAL & pte_special() for 64-bit
  powerpc: Show processor cache information in sysfs
  powerpc: Make core id information available to userspace
  powerpc: Make core sibling information available to userspace
  powerpc/vio: More fallout from dma_mapping_error API change
  ibmveth: Fix multiple errors with dma_mapping_error conversion
  powerpc/pseries: Fix CMO sysdev attribute API change fallout
  powerpc: Enable tracehook for the architecture
  powerpc: Add TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME support for tracehook
  powerpc: Add asm/syscall.h with the tracehook entry points
  powerpc: Make syscall tracing use tracehook.h helpers
  powerpc: Call tracehook_signal_handler() when setting up signal frames
  powerpc: Update cpu_sibling_maps dynamically
  powerpc: register_cpu_online should be __cpuinit
  powerpc: kill useless SMT code in prom_hold_cpus
  powerpc: Fix 8xx build failure
  powerpc: Fix vio build warnings
  ...

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diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index a9cc29d46653..4be01bb44377 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -778,8 +778,20 @@ spi_register_board_info(struct spi_board_info const *info, unsigned n)
  * use spi_new_device() to describe each device.  You can also call
  * spi_unregister_device() to start making that device vanish, but
  * normally that would be handled by spi_unregister_master().
+ *
+ * You can also use spi_alloc_device() and spi_add_device() to use a two
+ * stage registration sequence for each spi_device.  This gives the caller
+ * some more control over the spi_device structure before it is registered,
+ * but requires that caller to initialize fields that would otherwise
+ * be defined using the board info.
  */
 extern struct spi_device *
+spi_alloc_device(struct spi_master *master);
+
+extern int
+spi_add_device(struct spi_device *spi);
+
+extern struct spi_device *
 spi_new_device(struct spi_master *, struct spi_board_info *);
 
 static inline void