From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C906DDEEA for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 05:36:56 +1000 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20070906192025.GA22775@ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net> References: <20070905192820.GG32398@ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net> <85281ec227e35a9e466e68e3fdc7e6ef@kernel.crashing.org> <20070906141620.GB16353@ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net> <20070906180922.GA18750@ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net> <598e0baf0dc1ca63b91f2a80ec8abe19@kernel.crashing.org> <20070906191255.GA22663@ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net> <20070906192025.GA22775@ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v623) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <43ad9218d498e2d01922a57ebfee2327@kernel.crashing.org> From: Segher Boessenkool Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] 8xx: Adder 875 support Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:36:07 +0200 To: Scott Wood Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , > BTW, IEEE1275 seems to disagree: No it doesn't. > A manufacturer-dependent string that generally specifies the model > name > and number (including revision level) for this device. The format of > the text string is arbitrary, although in conventional usage the > string > begins with the name of the device's manufacturer as with the name > property. That would be "0ABCDEF,Adder MPC875" or "VWXYZ,Adder MPC875" -- not "some random string without a comma Adder MPC875". > Although there is no standard interpretation for the value of the > model > property, a specific device driver might use it to learn, for > instance, > the revision level of its particular device. i.e., it is machine readable. Segher