Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] PCI fixes for the MPC8641 Rev 2.0 silicon and Rev 1.02hardware

From: Scott Wood <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 13:53:40 -0500

Timur Tabi wrote:
> One more thing - I think each DTS file should specify which revision of the board it 
> supports, and there should be code in U-Boot and/or Linux to check that revision and 
> reject the device tree if there's a mismatch.  We don't want people accidentally using the 
> wrong device tree and wondering why it doesn't work.

We also don't want people using a perfectly good device tree on a newer 
revision of the board that just fixes things and doesn't make any 
device-tree-relevant changes, and wondering why it doesn't work due to a 
failed revision check.

-Scott