linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Device Tree Overlays Proposal (Was Re: capebus moving omap

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Message-ID: <50A2919D.5030006@wwwdotorg.org>
Date:	Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:29:49 -0700
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Mitch Bradley <wmb@...mworks.com>
CC:	David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...com>, Matt Porter <mporter@...com>,
	Koen Kooi <koen@...inion.thruhere.net>,
	Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@...aro.org>,
	Russ Dill <Russ.Dill@...com>,
	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Device Tree Overlays Proposal (Was Re: capebus moving omap_devices
 to mach-omap2)

On 11/13/2012 11:10 AM, Mitch Bradley wrote:
> It seems to me that this capebus discussion is missing an important
> point.  The name capebus suggests that it is a bus, so there should be a
> parent node to represent that bus.  It should have a driver whose API
> implements all of the system-interface functions a cape needs.

It was discussed earlier that capebus isn't actually a bus. It's simply
a collection of a bunch of pins from the SoC hooked up to connectors.
I'd agree that it's mis-named.
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