[PATCH 2/5] Add legacy devices to mpc8641_hpcn.dts

Wade Farnsworth wfarnsworth at mvista.com
Thu May 17 06:17:33 EST 2007


On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 21:55 +0200, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> >> +			isa at f0 {
> 
> isa at 1e
> 
> >> +				8042 at 60 {
> >> +					device_type = "8042";
> 
> Drop the device_type.  A number as a name isn't
> all that great, either.

Currently in order for the i8042 devices to be initialized,
check_legacy_ioport() must find a node with device_type "8042".

> 
> >> +				rtc at 70 {
> >> +					device_type = "rtc";
> >> +					reg = <1 70 2>;
> >> +				};
> >
> > Is "rtc" a standard OF device,
> 
> Yes, it is defined in the "Device Support Extensions"
> recommended practice.
> 
> > And is the plan to somehow use this entry in the future?
> 
> The platform code can use it to find the device.  If it
> would have a proper "compatible" property, the generic
> code could do that work, instead.

Is there a recommended "compatible" property for a standard PC-like CMOS
RTC?

--Wade





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