From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e23smtp06.au.ibm.com (E23SMTP06.au.ibm.com [202.81.18.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "e23smtp06.au.ibm.com", Issuer "Equifax" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3D85CDDE05 for ; Thu, 8 May 2008 13:30:19 +1000 (EST) Received: from sd0109e.au.ibm.com (d23rh905.au.ibm.com [202.81.18.225]) by e23smtp06.au.ibm.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m483TpN8024591 for ; Thu, 8 May 2008 13:29:51 +1000 Received: from d23av02.au.ibm.com (d23av02.au.ibm.com [9.190.235.138]) by sd0109e.au.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v8.7) with ESMTP id m483YJnk234526 for ; Thu, 8 May 2008 13:34:19 +1000 Received: from d23av02.au.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d23av02.au.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m483UGaa014013 for ; Thu, 8 May 2008 13:30:16 +1000 Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 13:30:06 +1000 From: David Gibson To: Josh Boyer Subject: Re: [PATCH] [POWERPC] Xilinx: add compatibility for IBM coreconnect busses. Message-ID: <20080508033006.GH5156@yookeroo.seuss> References: <20080507204734.574B6185804E@mail138-sin.bigfish.com> <20080508001850.GB5156@yookeroo.seuss> <20080507214630.2f13fd22@zod.rchland.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20080507214630.2f13fd22@zod.rchland.ibm.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 09:46:30PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Thu, 8 May 2008 10:18:50 +1000 > David Gibson wrote: > > > On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 01:47:31PM -0700, Stephen Neuendorffer wrote: > > > The IBM coreconnect names are pretty well defined, it appears. In > > > addition, the Xilinx versions of these IPs seem to be proliferating. > > > Hence, in the future let's prefer to use the standard names. I've > > > left the old names in for some backward compatibility for existing > > > device trees. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Neuendorffer > > > > If you're talking about future trees, can't you just slap "simple-bus" > > on them avoid this monster id table? > > What is that and how does it work? ePAPR states that busses which cannot be probed as such (i.e. the device tree is the only way to figure out what's on the bus) should have "simple-bus" in their compatible property. You can then just add simple-bus to the of_bus_ids list and avoid adding umpteen other things. -- 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