linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Device Tree on ARM platform

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Date:	Thu, 28 May 2009 16:24:20 +0200
From:	Robert Schwebel <robert@...webel.de>
To:	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>
Cc:	Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@...il.com>,
	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>,
	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@...site.dk>,
	Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@...gutronix.de>,
	devicetree-discuss <devicetree-discuss@...abs.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk,
	Janboe Ye <yuan-bo.ye@...orola.com>,
	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Device Tree on ARM platform

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 03:17:43PM +0100, Ben Dooks wrote:
> I was wondering what the pros/cons of having a system that takes a
> device tree and manufactures platform devices / etc from it? I think
> one of the cons is that if you change the platform device data, then
> you have not only the board definitions to change, but the of->platform
> code to modify as well...

I think a unification of both data structures would be much better than
having two of them ontop of each other.

rsc
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