[PATCH add immr alias 1/4] powerpc: Teach get_immrbase to use immr alias if it exists.

[Kumar Gala]

On Aug 5, 2008, at 3:49 PM, Scott Wood wrote:

> Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Tuesday 05 August 2008, John Rigby wrote:
>>> This will allow the eventual removal of device_type = "soc"
>>> properties in soc nodes.
>> Stupid question, but why not remove immrbase instead?
>> It seems that all users can be converted to use a reg
>> property of some actual device instead of making assumptions
>> about the register layout of the whole SOC.
>
> That wouldn't eliminate the need for the alias, though -- u-boot  
> needs to find the node to fill in properties.

While I have no issue with the change.  I'm interested to see how John  
plans on using this in u-boot.

- k