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 AE6F6DDEE6 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:43:53 +1000 (EST) In-Reply-To: <46922D86.5040305@ru.mvista.com> References: <1179245829.8132.100.camel@rhino> <1179246470.8132.112.camel@rhino> <1179333421.7018.17.camel@ld0161-tx32> <468FDB8F.4050007@ru.mvista.com> <3D4AB802-A3D2-46CC-9BD1-1064EE0AC84C@kernel.crashing.org> <46922D86.5040305@ru.mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <5816A150-CF82-4608-B175-C70183D2662D@kernel.crashing.org> From: Segher Boessenkool Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] Add legacy devices to mpc8641_hpcn.dts Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 16:43:17 +0200 To: Sergei Shtylyov Cc: linuxppc-dev List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , >>> Yet it's kinda accepted years ago, see: > >>> http://playground.sun.com/1275/proposals/Closed/Accepted/381-it.txt > >> That's not a published recommendation or anything like that. > > There's also this document with a status of "unapproved draft": > > http://playground.sun.com/1275/bindings/devices/html/8042.html > > So, all this never got final approval? Somewhat confusing (well, > what one could expect from OF? :-) I think this 8042 thing became part of the CHRP binding. There never was a (published) x86 binding btw. So for our current purposes (flat device tree) I recommend we just do the minimal sane thing, i.e., no device_type and some good "compatible" entry. Segher