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From: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger•com>
To: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger•com>,
	linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org, devicetree-discuss@ozlabs•org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] --- arch/powerpc/boot/dts/socrates.dts | 9	+++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:31:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49D31856.9060808@grandegger.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090331230451.GA23304@yookeroo.seuss>

Hi David,

this patch went out by mistake, sorry.

David Gibson wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 02:37:33PM +0200, Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
>> Index: linux-2.6/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/socrates.dts
>> ===================================================================
>> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/socrates.dts	2009-03-31 13:24:38.078719288 +0200
>> +++ linux-2.6/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/socrates.dts	2009-03-31 13:47:56.986720719 +0200
>> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
>>  	soc8544@e0000000 {
>>  		#address-cells = <1>;
>>  		#size-cells = <1>;
>> +		device_type = "soc";
> 
> You should not be adding device_type to a new board's dts.  You
> *especially* shouldn't be doing that with no patch comment explaining
> why.

In the final patch I have removed the device_type = "soc", but it makes
trouble as some mpc85xx rely on it. Removing it would also break U-Boot
compatibility. Is it worth that? The issue is discussed on the thread
http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2009-April/070020.html.

Wolfgang.

  reply	other threads:[~2009-04-01  7:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-03-31 12:37 [PATCH 0/8] powerpc: i2c-mpc: make I2C bus speed configurable Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-03-31 12:37 ` [PATCH 1/8] [PATCH 3/4] powerpc/85xx: Move gianfar mdio nodes under the Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-03-31 12:37 ` [PATCH 2/8] [PATCH 01/28] RTC: Add support for RX8025 chip Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-03-31 12:37 ` [PATCH 3/8] powerpc/85xx: Add support for the "socrates" board (MPC8544) Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-03-31 15:57   ` Grant Likely
2009-03-31 19:20     ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-03-31 12:37 ` [PATCH 4/8] powerpc: i2c-mpc: preserve I2C clocking Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-03-31 12:37 ` [PATCH 5/8] powerpc: i2c-mpc: make I2C bus speed configurable Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-03-31 15:41   ` Grant Likely
2009-04-01  7:51     ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-04-01 13:30       ` Grant Likely
2009-04-01 13:41         ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-04-01 13:55           ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-04-01 13:55           ` Grant Likely
2009-04-02  6:55             ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-03-31 12:37 ` [PATCH 6/8] --- arch/powerpc/boot/dts/socrates.dts | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-03-31 23:04   ` David Gibson
2009-04-01  7:31     ` Wolfgang Grandegger [this message]
2009-04-01 11:09       ` David Gibson
2009-04-01 11:59         ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-04-01 23:57           ` David Gibson
2009-04-01 12:30         ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-04-01 23:58           ` David Gibson
2009-03-31 12:37 ` [PATCH 7/8] Re: [PATCH 1/2] NAND: Add support for oob size 128 Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-03-31 12:37 ` [PATCH 8/8] NAND: Add support for NAND on the Socrates board Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-03-31 12:49 ` [PATCH 0/8] powerpc: i2c-mpc: make I2C bus speed configurable Wolfgang Grandegger
2009-03-31 16:23   ` Grant Likely

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