[RFC] [PATCH] Device Tree on ARM platform

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Thu May 28 17:37:16 EST 2009


On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 18:56 +0100, Russell King wrote:
> 
> smc91x is a prime example of the kind of information drivers need - base
> address and irq are very much insufficient to describe how this device is
> connected.  There's much more information required to specify this device
> fully, and throwing it into the driver doesn't work.  We've been there
> and proven that point.

The device-tree is a very nice and convenient way to convey all the
informations the driver need straight to the driver without any platform
code in the middle :-)

Cheers,
Ben.





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