linux-kernel - Re: "Virtual" Interrupts -- Need help please

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Date:	Mon, 9 Sep 2013 12:02:57 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	Daniel Santos <daniel.santos@...ox.com>,
	Daniel Santos <danielfsantos@....net>,
	linux-gpio <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-usb <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: "Virtual" Interrupts -- Need help please

On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 05:35:56PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:

Please fix your mailer to word wrap within paragraphs, not doing this
makes your mail very hard to read.  It looks like your mailer has also
reflowed Daniel's mail.

> On 09/08/2013 04:50 PM, Daniel Santos wrote:

> >Even better, thank you very much!! If this thing had more EEPROM
> >storage I would consider using the OF format for it's settings, but I
> >only have 256 bytes to play with so I'm using a custom
> >compression/encoding.

> You should really use devicetree anyway. How you get it loaded on
> demand is another question. Lack of storage is not a reason.  Custom
> data will likely not be accepted upstream, if you had that in mind.

If it's embedded into the device that shouldn't be such a problem -
especially for something on a pluggable bus that could be used with any
architecture device tree is pretty much a secondary concern.  Device
tree is far from universal and the main concern where it is used is
with avoiding static board files.

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