Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Jan 2007 14:22:12 +0100 | From | Stefan Reinauer <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Open Firmware device tree virtual filesystem |
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* Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org> [070102 12:37]: > Are you really suggesting that using a kernel copy of the > device tree is the correct thing to do, and the only correct > thing to do -- with the sole argument that "that's what the > current ports do"?
There might also be a speed advantage if any drivers or user space programs operate heavily on the device tree on those systems with _lots_ of devices..
Stefan
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