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vb wrote:
> I recently ported two platforms (8245 and 8541) from ppc tree in
> earlier 2.6 versions into powerpc tree in 2.6.25. It is amazing how
> little the device tree contents are described, a lot of things
> required reverse engineering of the kernel code to understand the
> meaning of some numbers in the  tree.
> 
> I am also willing to contribute into a document describing this
> transition, please keep me in the loop,
> 
> regards,
> Vadim


Well, perhaps as a starting point you could tell us
which things required reverse engineering or what you
were not able to find in a document?

Thanks,
jdl