[PATCH] [POWERPC] Add AMCC Glacier 460GT eval board dts

Josh Boyer jwboyer at gmail.com
Sat Mar 22 12:14:42 EST 2008


On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:28:38 +0100
Segher Boessenkool <segher at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:

> >>> As for the DTS, maybe a "compatible" property in the CPU might make 
> >>> some
> >>> sense with a content along the lines of "ppc440x6" or whatever rev of
> >>> the 440 core it is.
> >>>
> >>> What do you think ?
> >>
> >> Good idea. I'll try to come up with a list for all existing 4xx SoC's 
> >> and it's
> >> core versions.
> >
> > I don't really care either way, but what does that buy us?  Merely
> > documentation?
> 
> Obviously, as long as the kernel doesn't use the device tree for probing
> the CPUs available, additions to the device tree here don't affect the
> kernel at all ;-P

Yes, of course.  I meant were there other plans for it.  Ben and I had
a brief discussion of some of the possible uses and it seems pretty
sane.

josh



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