From: David Gibson <david-xT8FGy+AXnRB3Ne2BGzF6laj5H9X9Tb+@public.gmane.org>
To: David VomLehn <dvomlehn-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
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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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next prev 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
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2010-10-24 7:01 ` David Gibson [this message]
2010-10-25 18:32 ` Yoder Stuart-B08248
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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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