linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] OF: Introduce DT overlay support.

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Message-ID: <20131108191209.GB25932@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Fri, 8 Nov 2013 11:12:09 -0800
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Matt Porter <matt.porter@...aro.org>,
	Koen Kooi <koen@...inion.thruhere.net>,
	Alison Chaiken <Alison_Chaiken@...tor.com>,
	Dinh Nguyen <dinh.linux@...il.com>,
	Jan Lubbe <jluebbe@...net.de>,
	Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@....com>,
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	Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...il.com>,
	Alan Tull <delicious.quinoa@...il.com>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Michael Bohan <mbohan@...eaurora.org>,
	Ionut Nicu <ioan.nicu.ext@....com>,
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	Matt Ranostay <mranostay@...il.com>,
	Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] OF: Introduce DT overlay support.

On Fri, Nov 08, 2013 at 05:06:09PM +0200, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
> Introduce DT overlay support.
> Using this functionality it is possible to dynamically overlay a part of
> the kernel's tree with another tree that's been dynamically loaded.
> It is also possible to remove node and properties.
> 
> Note that the I2C client devices are 'special', as in they're not platform
> devices. They need to be registered with an I2C specific method.
> 
> In general I2C is just no good platform device citizen and needs
> special casing.
> 
> PCI is another special case where PCI device insertion and removal
> is implemented in the PCI subsystem.
> 
> Bug fixes & PCI support by Guenter Roeck <groeck@...iper.net>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com>

Hi Pantelis,

another nitpick:

.git/rebase-apply/patch:195: trailing whitespace.
end up filling in the fields of the of_overlay_info array.
warning: 1 line adds whitespace errors.

Guenter
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