From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [POWERPC] Add AMCC Glacier 460GT eval board dts
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:51:42 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1206100302.8420.71.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <011f73a2a2f33e075c20f0d0bb42d4a7@kernel.crashing.org>
On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 12:46 +0100, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> > As for the DTS, maybe a "compatible" property in the CPU might make
> > some
> > sense with a content along the lines of "ppc440x6" or whatever rev of
> > the 440 core it is.
>
> Good idea, but please _also_ put the exact name in there, first; so
> something like
>
> compatible = "AMCC,PowerPC,460GT", "AMCC,ppc440x6";
>
> That way, you can still probe for specific versions where necessary.
> This is completely in line with the "generic naming" recommended
> practice; the PowerPC binding predates that RP, it really needs to
> be updated.
>
> Any reason we keep the device_type here, btw?
BTW, Should we sort compatible from the most specific to the most
specific or the other way around ?
Ben.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-03-21 11:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-19 16:15 [PATCH] [POWERPC] Add AMCC Glacier 460GT eval board dts Stefan Roese
2008-03-21 9:00 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-03-21 10:54 ` Stefan Roese
2008-03-21 12:24 ` Josh Boyer
2008-03-21 17:28 ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-03-22 1:14 ` Josh Boyer
2008-03-21 11:46 ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-03-21 11:51 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2008-03-21 11:58 ` Segher Boessenkool
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