Re: [PATCH v3 03/16] mfd: mfd-core: match device tree node against reg property

Lee Jones
2020-05-27T06:53:49Z

On Tue, 26 May 2020, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 05:54:38PM +0200, Michael Walle wrote:
> > Am 2020-05-26 09:24, schrieb Lee Jones:
>
> ...
>
> > Like I said, in the long term I would like to have support for
> > different versions of the board management controller
>
> > without having to change the device tree and have device tree bindings for the
> > subdevices at the same time.
>
> But isn't device tree to describe *very specific platform* rather than *class
> of platforms*?

Yes. Device Tree describes the hardware.

If the hardware changes, so must the Device Tree.

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