Subject: Re: [PATCH add immr alias 1/4] powerpc: Teach get_immrbase to use immr alias if it exists.

From: Scott Wood <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:49:23 -0500

Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 August 2008, John Rigby wrote:
>> This will allow the eventual removal of device_type = "soc"
>> properties in soc nodes.
> 
> Stupid question, but why not remove immrbase instead?
> 
> It seems that all users can be converted to use a reg
> property of some actual device instead of making assumptions
> about the register layout of the whole SOC.

That wouldn't eliminate the need for the alias, though -- u-boot needs 
to find the node to fill in properties.

-Scott