From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:11:28 +1100 From: David Gibson To: Olof Johansson Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] [POWERPC] prpmc2800: clean up dts properties Message-ID: <20080330101128.GA20077@localhost.localdomain> References: <20080328233954.GA29499@farnsworth.org> <20080328234900.GF30214@farnsworth.org> <20080329215942.GB27226@lixom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20080329215942.GB27226@lixom.net> Cc: paulus@samba.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 04:59:42PM -0500, Olof Johansson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 04:49:00PM -0700, Dale Farnsworth wrote: > > From: Mark A. Greer > > > > Remove several unused (or software config only) properties. > > Rename marvel node to "soc". Technically, it's not an SOC, > > but its organization is the same as an SOC. Also, rename the > > "block-index" property to "cell-index" to conform to current > > practice. > > I see this rename as purely misleading. It isn't an soc, so it shouldn't > be named as such. Call it system-controller or something. Pretty much > any other name is better. :-) I agree. system-controller, host-bridge, north-bridge, maybe, but not soc. With current conventions, the node name is primarily for the benefit of human readers, so if it misleads it has failed entirely in its purpose. -- David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson