[PATCH 0/3]: Sparc OF I2C support.

[Josh Boyer]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:53:05 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem at davemloft.net> wrote:

> From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:15:37 -0400
> 
> > Huge?  I'd say mistake, but not necessarily huge.  I mean nobody other
> > than you (at least in the context of this conversation) had access to
> > the IEEE1275 proposed binding so it wasn't like there was tons to go on.
> 
> I guess all the PowerMAC G5 systems out there and their device trees
> were locked up in a highly secure vault somewhere :-)

Apple has done silly things in their device trees before.  I wouldn't
hold them up as an excellent example.

> > Have patience with the embedded people that are both new to
> > OpenFirmware and trying to make stuff work at the same time.  I
> > think the devicetree-discuss list will help here as new bindings are
> > proposed.  I hope you're subscribed.
> 
> Why not ask the people who actually work on the standards?  That's who
> I go to when I want to know something about openfirmware issues.

Honestly, I don't know.  And from what I can tell, there _aren't_
people who actively work on the standards anymore.  Mitch is active
elsewhere and could be a great resource but aside from him I have no
idea who to contact.

josh