From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <49014C69.8020408@firmworks.com> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:17:45 -1000 From: Mitch Bradley MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mitch Bradley , Matt Sealey , linuxppc-dev list , devicetree-discuss list Subject: Re: GPIO - marking individual pins (not) available in device tree References: <4900ED81.3040202@genesi-usa.com> <4900F90B.80703@firmworks.com> <4901032F.3090805@genesi-usa.com> <49011C42.2020101@firmworks.com> <20081024032944.GE4267@yookeroo.seuss> In-Reply-To: <20081024032944.GE4267@yookeroo.seuss> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , > > No, no, no, no, no. Making complex multi-level representations of > nested things for gpios is just insanity. You know, I don't find this "argument" particularly compelling. But it certainly is strongly worded. > Just use the same encoded > format as we already use for gpio descriptors in 'gpios' properties > (which is gpio controller specific, with length defined by > #gpio-cells). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_by_assertion From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mitch Bradley Subject: Re: GPIO - marking individual pins (not) available in device tree Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:17:45 -1000 Message-ID: <49014C69.8020408@firmworks.com> References: <4900ED81.3040202@genesi-usa.com> <4900F90B.80703@firmworks.com> <4901032F.3090805@genesi-usa.com> <49011C42.2020101@firmworks.com> <20081024032944.GE4267@yookeroo.seuss> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20081024032944.GE4267-787xzQ0H9iRg7VrjXcPTGA@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-mnsaURCQ41sdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org Errors-To: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-mnsaURCQ41sdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org To: Mitch Bradley , Matt Sealey , linuxppc-dev list , devicetree-discuss list List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org > > No, no, no, no, no. Making complex multi-level representations of > nested things for gpios is just insanity. You know, I don't find this "argument" particularly compelling. But it certainly is strongly worded. > Just use the same encoded > format as we already use for gpio descriptors in 'gpios' properties > (which is gpio controller specific, with length defined by > #gpio-cells). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_by_assertion