[PATCH 03/17] bootwrapper: Add xlate_reg(), and use it to find serial registers.
David Gibson
david at gibson.dropbear.id.au
Tue Mar 20 14:50:05 EST 2007
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 12:27:57PM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> xlate_reg() uses the ranges properties of a node's parentage to find the
> absolute physical address of the node's registers.
>
> The ns16550 driver uses this when no virtual-reg property is found.
This is a pretty large chunk of code for use on just some platforms.
Remind me why we can't just insist on the presence of virtual-reg?
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