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From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
Cc: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Sean MacLennan <smaclennan@pikatech.com>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>, Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>
Subject: Re: "cell-index" vs. "index" vs. no index in I2C device nodes
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:46:24 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080605224624.GD30980@yookeroo.seuss> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48481705.9080107@freescale.com>

On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 11:40:37AM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
> Grant Likely wrote:
> 
> > 2) for i2c purposes, explicit enumeration is not needed or desired.
> > All the necessary data is already present in the device tree in that
> > i2c device nodes are children of i2c bus nodes.  The i2c bus numbers
> > should be dynamically assigned.
> 
> NACK.  For ASoC driver, they cannot be dynamically assigned.  I2C1 must be
> labeled as such.

So use aliases, this is exactly what they're for.  How many times do
Grant and I have to say it?

A fallback to cell-index and/or index is acceptable, for easier
compatibility with existing trees, but aliases must be the primary
method for assigning system-wide numbers.


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  reply	other threads:[~2008-06-05 22:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-04 15:06 "cell-index" vs. "index" vs. no index in I2C device nodes Stefan Roese
2008-06-04 15:24 ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-04 15:43   ` Scott Wood
2008-06-05  2:19     ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-05  2:41       ` David Gibson
2008-06-06  2:40         ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-06-06  3:37           ` David Gibson
2008-06-07  0:30             ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-06-06  4:07         ` Grant Likely
2008-06-06  4:29           ` Sean MacLennan
2008-06-05  2:54       ` Sean MacLennan
2008-06-05  3:05         ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-05  3:16           ` Sean MacLennan
2008-06-05  6:22             ` Stefan Roese
2008-06-05  7:48               ` Jean Delvare
2008-06-05  8:45                 ` Stefan Roese
2008-06-05 10:57                   ` David Gibson
2008-06-05 11:52                   ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-05 15:18                     ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-05 22:47                     ` David Gibson
2008-06-06  4:17                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-06-06  4:16                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-06-06  6:21                   ` Jean Delvare
2008-06-06  7:47                     ` Grant Likely
2008-06-06  8:45                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-06-05 15:17               ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-05 15:44                 ` Jochen Friedrich
2008-06-05 15:50                   ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-05 16:10                     ` Grant Likely
2008-06-05 16:18                       ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-05 16:22                         ` Jochen Friedrich
2008-06-05 16:30                           ` Grant Likely
2008-06-05 16:40                             ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-05 22:46                               ` David Gibson [this message]
2008-06-05 16:35                         ` Grant Likely
2008-06-05 23:59                     ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-07  0:24                       ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-06-05 21:37               ` Sean MacLennan
2008-06-05 23:48                 ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-05 15:13       ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-05 15:39         ` Grant Likely
2008-06-05 15:43           ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-05 15:52             ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-06-05 16:09               ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-05 16:27                 ` Scott Wood
2008-06-05 17:52                   ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-05 18:04                     ` Scott Wood
2008-06-05 16:00             ` Grant Likely
2008-06-05 16:13               ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-05 16:21                 ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-05 16:25                   ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-05 16:37                     ` Grant Likely
2008-06-05 18:27                     ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-05 18:35                       ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-05 18:40                         ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-05 18:46                       ` Grant Likely
2008-06-05 18:56                         ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-05 19:14                           ` Grant Likely
2008-06-05 19:15                             ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-05 19:16                             ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-05 21:31                               ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-06-05 22:56                               ` David Gibson
2008-06-06 13:09                                 ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-06 13:42                                   ` Stefan Roese
2008-06-05 22:45                             ` Sean MacLennan
2008-06-06  4:20             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-06-25 21:46               ` Timur Tabi
2008-06-27 16:48                 ` Jochen Friedrich
2008-06-05 15:46           ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-06-05 15:52           ` Jochen Friedrich
2008-06-05 15:53             ` Grant Likely
2008-06-06  4:19         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-06-06  4:14       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-06-06  4:13     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt

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