From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sergei Shtylyov Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:53:13 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARM: shmobile: r8a7778: add Ether DT support Message-Id: <5225E9C9.2060906@cogentembedded.com> List-Id: References: <87ehb8th3c.wl%kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> In-Reply-To: <87ehb8th3c.wl%kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: linux-sh@vger.kernel.org Hello. On 03-09-2013 16:11, Laurent Pinchart wrote: >>> Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt mentions it, as well as a >>> couple of other DT bindings document, but there's no clear documentation >>> of what device_type should be for network device, and whether the property >>> is mandatory or optional. Clarifying the documentation would be great. >> It's documented in the ePAPR spec: >> "The device_type property was used in IEEE 1275 to describe the device’s >> FCode programming model. Because ePAPR does not have FCode, new use of >> the property is deprecated, and it should be included only on cpu and >> memory nodes for compatibility with IEEE 1275–derived device trees." > Thank you for the clarification. >> The bottom line is - don't use it, unless you've good good reasons? > I'll let Sergei share his opinion on whether we've got good reasons :-) No, we don't, I'll remove the prop. WBR, Sergei