From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: am33xx: default to status = "disabled"?
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:28:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201208022328.17095.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <501B061A.6080008@gmail.com>
On Thursday 02 August 2012, Daniel Mack wrote:
> currently, all devices in arch/arm/boot/dts/am33xx.dtsi are enabled by
> default. However, depending on the actual board dts, only some of the
> devices should actually be initialized, given that they only make sense
> if their pins are actually wired on the board.
>
> On other platform, such devices are marked with status = "disabled", and
> the board files re-enable those they really use by overriding that
> status again. That approach seems to make sense - shouldn't the same be
> done in am33xx.dtsi or am I missing something?
I agree, they should be disabled, at least the serial ports, and probably
also the i2c controllers.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-02 23:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-02 22:58 am33xx: default to status = "disabled"? Daniel Mack
2012-08-02 23:28 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2012-08-03 9:31 ` Hiremath, Vaibhav
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