Re: [RFC] Device tree for new desktop platform in arch/powerpc

["Gerhard Pircher" <gerhard_pircher@gmx.net>]

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Datum: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:22:49 +1000
Von: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
An: Gerhard Pircher <gerhard_pircher@gmx.net>
CC: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Betreff: Re: [RFC] Device tree for new desktop platform in arch/powerpc

> Do you have the recommended practice "interrupt mapping" standard ?
Yes, downloaded it right now.

> It also allowed to make it optional to have nodes for the PCI devices in
> slots, you can provide the mapping of all 4 INT# lines in the bridge
> node and linux can use it when probing for devices, so your bootwrapper
> doesn't have to know what's in the slots and doesn't have to create
> device nodes for those.
I would like to have PCI nodes only for the PCI host and PCI2ISA bridge.
The interrupt mapping of the INT# lines can be configured within U-boot,
thus I would avoid to specify it somewhere in the device tree, if it isn't
really necessary.

Gerhard
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