From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Cc: paulus@samba.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] [POWERPC] prpmc2800: clean up dts properties
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:11:28 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080330101128.GA20077@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080329215942.GB27226@lixom.net>
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 04:59:42PM -0500, Olof Johansson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 04:49:00PM -0700, Dale Farnsworth wrote:
> > From: Mark A. Greer <mgreer@mvista.com>
> >
> > Remove several unused (or software config only) properties.
> > Rename marvel node to "soc". Technically, it's not an SOC,
> > but its organization is the same as an SOC. Also, rename the
> > "block-index" property to "cell-index" to conform to current
> > practice.
>
> I see this rename as purely misleading. It isn't an soc, so it shouldn't
> be named as such. Call it system-controller or something. Pretty much
> any other name is better. :-)
I agree. system-controller, host-bridge, north-bridge, maybe, but not
soc. With current conventions, the node name is primarily for the
benefit of human readers, so if it misleads it has failed entirely in
its purpose.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-03-30 10:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-28 23:39 [PATCH 0/9] powerpc: mv64x60 and prpmc2800 DTS cleanups Dale Farnsworth
2008-03-28 23:42 ` [PATCH 1/9] [POWERPC] mv64x60: change FDT compatible prefix to mrvl Dale Farnsworth
2008-03-28 23:47 ` Grant Likely
2008-03-29 0:00 ` Dale Farnsworth
2008-03-29 0:12 ` Grant Likely
2008-03-30 23:44 ` David Gibson
2008-03-31 16:56 ` Dale Farnsworth
2008-04-01 1:53 ` David Gibson
2008-03-28 23:44 ` [PATCH 2/9] [POWERPC] prpmc2800: convert DTS to v1 and add labels Dale Farnsworth
2008-03-28 23:45 ` [PATCH 3/9] [POWERPC] prpmc2800: fix frequencies in prpmc2800.dts Dale Farnsworth
2008-03-28 23:47 ` [PATCH 4/9] [POWERPC] mv64x60: Fix FDT compatible names: mv64x60 => mv64360 Dale Farnsworth
2008-03-29 21:57 ` Olof Johansson
2008-03-30 19:20 ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-03-31 16:33 ` Dale Farnsworth
2008-03-28 23:48 ` [PATCH 5/9] [POWERPC] mv64x60: remove device tree absolute path references Dale Farnsworth
2008-03-28 23:49 ` [PATCH 6/9] [POWERPC] prpmc2800: clean up dts properties Dale Farnsworth
2008-03-29 21:59 ` Olof Johansson
2008-03-30 10:11 ` David Gibson [this message]
2008-03-31 16:43 ` Dale Farnsworth
2008-04-01 1:17 ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-04-01 2:22 ` David Gibson
2008-03-28 23:50 ` [PATCH 7/9] [POWERPC] mv643xx_eth: prepare to support multiple silicon blocks Dale Farnsworth
2008-03-28 23:51 ` [PATCH 8/9] [POWERPC] Document the mv64x60 device tree bindings Dale Farnsworth
2008-03-28 23:52 ` [PATCH 9/9] [POWERPC] prpmc2800 needs a dtbImage Dale Farnsworth
2008-03-28 23:56 ` Grant Likely
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