Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add MPC837xEMDS PCIE RC mode support

From: Scott Wood <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:12:01 -0600

On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 10:14:04PM -0600, Olof Johansson wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 11:45:34AM +0800, Li Li wrote:
> > +	help
> > +	  Enables MPC837x PCI express RC mode
> 
> Why have a separate config option for this?

To save code size when it isn't needed?

> For systems where you don't want PCI-e configured, it should be left
> out of the device tree instead.

The dts should represent what exists on the hardware, not what you want to
use.

-Scott