[PATCH 2/8] Add uli1575 pci-bridge sector to MPC8641HPCN dts file.
Segher Boessenkool
segher at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Jun 5 05:27:19 EST 2007
>>>> "reg" included in "ranges"? Something is wrong here.
>>>
>>> I think it's correct for soc nodes.
>>
>> It is not. "ranges" is the address space translation
>> between the parent and child busses; "reg" is the stuff
>> that's on the bridge device itself.
>>
>>> At least, it appears that all of
>>> the dts files with soc nodes do similar things (including this one
>>> even
>>> without this patch).
>>
>> Yes, but that doesn't make it right.
>
> But removing it does break things.
What breaks? This sounds like a Linux bug, in
your port perhaps, or in some OF parsing code.
> I'm going to leave
> it as-is for now, and we can wrestle over "fixing" it
> in a follow up patch.
Fine with me -- please figure out what exactly it
is that is breaking though.
Thanks,
Segher
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