linux-kernel - Re: RFC: Platform data for onboard USB assets

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Date:	Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:47:09 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	andy.green@...aro.org, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>,
	Linux USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: Platform data for onboard USB assets

On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 21:06 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> In a perfect world, we would need neither the device tree nor
> any platform data at all, because we'd be able to ask the hardware
> or the fictionary correct firmware about what the properties
> of the hardware are. This works to a surprisingly large extent
> on server hardware, but much less so on typical embedded systems.

Properties of the HW per-se but also binding information, ie, what is
connected to what outside of the main bus path (think clock/power
control etc...). Even server / desktop is affected here, and nobody sane
thinks ACPI is a -good- solution here tho it works mostly on x86 :-)

Cheers,
Ben.


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