From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To: "Grant Likely" <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>,
Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
Subject: Re: "cell-index" vs. "index" vs. no index in I2C device nodes
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:46:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <459415320e72f1bd92d036b29c80baae@kernel.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fa686aa40806050839h55d8e358m93248414507f10e2@mail.gmail.com>
>> I think we should just expand the definition of cell-index to include
>> standard
>> device enumeration for when it's needed. The original definition is
>> too
>> limited, IMHO.
>
> nak
>
> if you need explicit indexing then use an alias. My opinion however
> is that explicit indexing is unnecessary and is just an artifact of
> current i2c subsystem internals. There is already enough information
> in the device tree to match i2c devices with i2c busses without
> resorting to indexes.
Fully agreed. Let me say it as well, it makes me feel powerful:
NAK
Segher
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-05 15:46 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
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 [this message]
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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