[PATCH 4/5] PowerPC 74xx: Katana Qp base support

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Sun Nov 25 09:28:04 EST 2007


On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 19:51 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> This should be done automatically using of_platform_bus_probe().

Not necessarily. of_platform_bus_probe() is an optional facility that is
common used by SoCs that have lots of otherwise non-probable on chip
devices, but for platforms with more classic setups, it's totally
acceptable to have the platform code explicitely register only those
devices it wants exposed.

Ben.





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