[PATCH 1/2] powerpc/86xx: Board support for GE Fanuc's PPC9A

David Gibson david at gibson.dropbear.id.au
Sat Mar 14 13:16:42 EST 2009


On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 03:52:26PM +0000, Martyn Welch wrote:
> Support for the PPC9A VME Single Board Computer from GE Fanuc (PowerPC
> MPC8641D).
> 
> This is the basic board support for GE Fanuc's PPC9A, a 6U single board
> computer, based on Freescale's MPC8641D.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch at gefanuc.com>

[snip]
> +	soc at fef00000 {
> +		#address-cells = <1>;
> +		#size-cells = <1>;
> +		#interrupt-cells = <2>;
> +		device_type = "soc";
> +		compatible = "simple-bus";

There should be more detail in the compatible field - list the
specific model of the SoC, before including "simple-bus".  device_type
also doesn't really belong here, but it's possible you have to include
it for compatibility with older u-boot versions.

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