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<DIV><SPAN class=806070015-09032009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Grant and
David,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=806070015-09032009><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have a number of
customers trying to use device tree to write their own device drivers and they
are asking a lot of API type questions.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=806070015-09032009><FONT face=Arial size=2>We haven't found any
API type explanation/examples for using device tree other than to look at
existing drivers which can be challenging.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=806070015-09032009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there some
documentation that we're just missing that does exist?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=806070015-09032009><FONT face=Arial size=2>We realize there is
the Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt file that describes the device
tree, but it doesn't explain the API.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=806070015-09032009><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks,<BR>John</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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