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From: "Segher Boessenkool" <segher-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
To: Yoder Stuart-B08248 <B08248-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: RE: Wrapping proprietary nodes
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:15:00 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <60550.84.105.60.153.1288034100.squirrel@gate.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9696D7A991D0824DBA8DFAC74A9C5FA306911999-ofAVchDyotYzzZk0BCvKg5jmvxFtTJ+o0e7PPNI6Mm0@public.gmane.org>

> The device tree should represent your hardware as it is.  If these
> devices sit on some bus, then you should probably represent the
> bus, with the devices as subnodes.   Don't create logical container
> nodes unless they are warranted for some good reason.

More importantly: no device tree client should ever require such
container nodes; but also every client should allow it!

No binding should require it, unless there is something really
special of course.  If you think you have such a special case:
think again.


Segher

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-10-25 19:15 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
2010-10-25 18:32   ` Yoder Stuart-B08248
     [not found]     ` <9696D7A991D0824DBA8DFAC74A9C5FA306911999-ofAVchDyotYzzZk0BCvKg5jmvxFtTJ+o0e7PPNI6Mm0@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-25 19:15       ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
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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