linux-kernel - Re: "memory" binding issues

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Date:	Thu, 3 Oct 2013 10:04:47 -0500
From:	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	m.szyprowski@...sung.com, swarren@...dia.com,
	rob.herring@...xeda.com
Subject: Re: "memory" binding issues

> So where have we gotten on this?
> 
> It seems we are in agreement that:
> 1. reserve memory should be probably be described in nodes
> 2. it should be pulled out of the memory node and put at root level
> 3. Use reg to describe the memory regions for a given node
> 
> Now to figure out about how to convey usage information for the region and possibly driver association.  I agree with Ben that there are probably cases that an associated device node may not exist so that shouldn't be a hard requirement.
> 
> - k

So I think we should revert the patches as we don't seem to be getting anywhere both on discussion or code updates and the v3.12-rc's keep moving along.

- k

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