linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mrst: add SFI platform device parsing code

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Message-ID: <20100923112703.543b0b86@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:27:03 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mrst: add SFI platform device parsing code

> To be honest I'd actually be inclined to go more towards the way the
> non-DT embedded platforms have gone and just ignore the data we get
> from SFI as much as possible and have board specific initialisation in
> code; it's boring and repetitive but it's also clear and *relatively*
> robust.

And even more unmaintainable. Won't happen.

Alan
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