From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Stefan Roese To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] Convert PowerPC MPC i2c to of_platform_driver from platform_driver Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:04:16 +0100 References: <20071220044136.20091.70984.stgit@terra.home> <20071220044144.20091.35917.stgit@terra.home> <20071220051618.GB29058@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20071220051618.GB29058@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200712200704.17309.sr@denx.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, i2c@lm-sensors.org, David Gibson List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thursday 20 December 2007, David Gibson wrote: > On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 11:41:44PM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > > Convert MPC i2c driver from being a platform_driver to an open > > firmware version. Error returns were improved. Routine names were > > changed from fsl_ to mpc_ to make them match the file name. > > In discussions BenH and I have had, we've actually concluded that > moving this from platform drivers to of_platform drives is not > actually a good idea. > > In fact we're planning to move away from of_platform devices and > drivers and instead develop a framework for instantiating platform > devices or i2c devices or whatever devices from the device tree nodes. Now that is interesting news. I like this idea. But what should be done to support the still missing devices in the 4xx arch/powerpc tree, like I2C, NAND etc.? Should we wait with those driver till this framework is available? Thanks. Cheers, Stefan