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From: David Gibson <david-xT8FGy+AXnRB3Ne2BGzF6laj5H9X9Tb+@public.gmane.org>
To: David VomLehn <dvomlehn-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Mailing-ZEW99E7oL/EiWxQNNj96ibh/4TqKg8J2XqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org,
	devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org,
	Tree-ZEW99E7oL/EiWxQNNj96ibh/4TqKg8J2XqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org,
	List-ZEW99E7oL/EiWxQNNj96ibh/4TqKg8J2XqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org,
	Device-ZEW99E7oL/EiWxQNNj96ibh/4TqKg8J2XqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Wrapping proprietary nodes
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:01:01 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101024070101.GB5355@yookeroo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101022214454.GB24896-ZEW99E7oL/EiWxQNNj96ibh/4TqKg8J2XqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 02:44:54PM -0700, David VomLehn wrote:
> I expect my device tree will have some proprietary, one-off devices in
> it. Is it better to wrap these all up in one node:
> 
> 	cisco {
> 		device1 {
> 			...
> 		};
> 		device2 {
> 			...
> 		};
> 	};
> 
> Or should they be specified one node at a time:
> 
> 	cisco-device1 {
> 		...
> 	};
> 	cisco-device2 {
> 		...
> 	};
> 
> My inclination is for the former, but I'd prefer to follow existing
> usage, if any.

Um.. what do you mean by "proprietary nodes".  What is the reason from
a hardware perspective that the devices would be logically grouped
together?

-- 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-10-24  7:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-22 21:44 Wrapping proprietary nodes David VomLehn
     [not found] ` <20101022214454.GB24896-ZEW99E7oL/EiWxQNNj96ibh/4TqKg8J2XqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-24  7:01   ` David Gibson [this message]
2010-10-25 18:32   ` Yoder Stuart-B08248
     [not found]     ` <9696D7A991D0824DBA8DFAC74A9C5FA306911999-ofAVchDyotYzzZk0BCvKg5jmvxFtTJ+o0e7PPNI6Mm0@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-25 19:15       ` Segher Boessenkool
2010-10-25 20:40       ` David VomLehn
     [not found]         ` <20101025204054.GA1594-ZEW99E7oL/EiWxQNNj96ibh/4TqKg8J2XqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-25 21:15           ` Yoder Stuart-B08248
2010-10-26 11:25   ` Grant Likely

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