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Subject: Re: [PATCH 37/61] cpm2: Rework 8272ads initialization,
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On Thursday 19 July 2007, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> I guess you considered moving such tables into the device tree at some point,
> which doesn't seem that difficult at all to an ignorant reviewer like me.
> 
> What's the reasoning for putting it into the platform code after all?
> 

Ok, I think I found the answer myself: the table is for stuff that Linux
needs to set up, not to describe stuff that is already set up at the time
the device tree is parsed, right?

	Arnd <><