[PATCH 3/3] First cut at PReP support for arch/powerpc

[Segher Boessenkool]

>>>> +		MPIC: interrupt-controller at d {
>>>> +			device_type = "open-pic";
>>>>
>>>> device_type = "interrupt-controller".
>>
>> Not according to the binding in booting-without-of.txt
>
> My understanding here, though possibly flawed, is that the current
> implementation has "open-pic" but _should_ have "interrupt-controller"
> as that is the officially correct name.
>
> I _think_ this means we need a transitional period where we update
> the code to look for "interrupt-controller", and obsoletedly, looks
> for the "open-pic", while we transition to the new, correct name.
>
> I'm just betting that if I'm wrong Segher will tell me! :-)

You're wrong :-)

The kernel shouldn't look at device_type at all.


Segher