From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: wsa@the-dreams.de (Wolfram Sang) Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:54:22 +0200 Subject: [RFC 4/4] ARM: shmobile: r8a7790: adapt DTS for I2C slave support In-Reply-To: <1591383.Xdy91rktuP@fb07-iapwap2> References: <1410274470-12712-1-git-send-email-wsa@the-dreams.de> <20140911141257.GC5149@katana> <20140911144003.GD5149@katana> <1591383.Xdy91rktuP@fb07-iapwap2> Message-ID: <20140911145421.GE5149@katana> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 04:52:22PM +0200, Marc Dietrich wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 11. September 2014, 16:40:04 schrieb Wolfram Sang: > > > b) could be seen as a configuration thing since the functionality > > > backend could be changed at runtime even. > > > > Come to think of it, not only the functionality, also the address can be > > changed at runtime. This makes me think it should really not be in DT > > after all. > > even worse, there can be multiple masters and slaves changing their role on > the fly AFAIK. So the best dt can do is to provide an initial configuration, > so all drivers know where they are and where to start. Everything else can be > changed during runtime. Why do you want DT to be involved at all? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: