Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] Add legacy devices to mpc8641_hpcn.dts

From: Sergei Shtylyov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:43:50 +0400

Hello.

Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>>>>> +                8042@60 {
>>>>> +                    device_type = "8042";

>>> Drop the device_type.  A number as a name isn't
>>> all that great, either.

>>   Yet it's kinda accepted years ago, see:

>> http://playground.sun.com/1275/proposals/Closed/Accepted/381-it.txt

> That's not a published recommendation or anything like that.

    There's also this document with a status of "unapproved draft":

http://playground.sun.com/1275/bindings/devices/html/8042.html

    So, all this never got final approval? Somewhat confusing (well, what one 
could expect from OF? :-)

> Segher

WBR, Sergei