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+Renesas RZ/N1 SPI Controller
+
+This controller is based on the Synopsys DW Synchronous Serial Interface and
+inherits all properties defined in snps,dw-apb-ssi.txt except for the
+compatible property.
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : The device specific string followed by the generic RZ/N1 string.
+   Therefore it must be one of:
+   "renesas,r9a06g032-spi", "renesas,rzn1-spi"
+   "renesas,r9a06g033-spi", "renesas,rzn1-spi"