From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from az33egw01.freescale.net (az33egw01.freescale.net [192.88.158.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "az33egw01.freescale.net", Issuer "Thawte Premium Server CA" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8FD76DDF58 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 07:08:42 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4898C15E.3000900@freescale.com> Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:08:46 -0500 From: Scott Wood MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grant Likely Subject: Re: [PATCH add immr alias 2/4] powerpc: 5121: Add immr alias to MPC5121 ADS device tree. References: <1217967220-30557-1-git-send-email-jrigby@freescale.com> <1217967220-30557-2-git-send-email-jrigby@freescale.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, John Rigby List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Grant Likely wrote: > Is it not sufficient to search the tree for a node with the > -immr compatible value? I don't think this is the intended use > case of aliases. That get's really annoying in code that is meant to deal with multiple chips. I don't think finding the network or serial node that corresponds to u-boot's enumeration is what it's meant for, either, but pretty much any alternative you can come up with has someone saying that it's not what *that* was meant for, either. -Scott