Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Device Tree on ARM platform | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Thu, 28 May 2009 17:37:16 +1000 |
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On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 18:56 +0100, Russell King wrote: > > smc91x is a prime example of the kind of information drivers need - base > address and irq are very much insufficient to describe how this device is > connected. There's much more information required to specify this device > fully, and throwing it into the driver doesn't work. We've been there > and proven that point.
The device-tree is a very nice and convenient way to convey all the informations the driver need straight to the driver without any platform code in the middle :-)
Cheers, Ben.
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