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

[Grant Likely]

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Scott Wood <scottwood at freescale.com> 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.

(already made this comment on one of the later patches, but it is more
relevant here...)

I don't think that using aliases is the best solution.  I'd rather see
U-Boot search for the appropriate compatible value for the IMMR node.

g.

>
> -Scott
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