Subject: Re: Add "mpc5200-simple-platform" to the list of supported boards

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:28:44 +1000

On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 16:20 -0700, Marcelo Dalmas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Adding  "mpc5200-simple-platform" to the list of supported boards allow to use the option "Generic support for simple MPC5200 based boards" without patching the kernel. Just set model to "mpc5200-simple-plataform" on your dts file.

I'm generally against that. Some time you'll need to diverge and poof !
you lost the ability to identify your board... it's also a very linux
centric thing to put in the device-tree.

Cheers,
Ben.

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc5200_simple.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc5200_simple.c
> index c31e5b5..a2df795 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc5200_simple.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc5200_simple.c
> @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static void __init mpc5200_simple_setup_arch(void)
>  
>  /* list of the supported boards */
>  static char *board[] __initdata = {
> +	"mpc5200-simple-platform",
>  	"intercontrol,digsy-mtc",
>  	"phytec,pcm030",
>  	"phytec,pcm032",
> 
> 
> 
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