linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] at91: dt: sam9261: Added DM9000 in the device tree

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Date:	Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:00:57 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@...phandler.com>,
	nicolas.ferre@...el.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] at91: dt: sam9261: Added DM9000 in the device tree

On Thursday 02 January 2014 20:31:00 Jean-Jacques Hiblot wrote:
> > If each bus interface has a fixed range of registers, you can actually
> > collapse the upper two nodes again and just have one device per
> > chipselect.
> This is indeed the case, but I'd rather keep the top node to highlight
> the fact that all the devices are physically tied to the same bus.

How about using a top-level "simple-bus" node with the complex ranges
property but making the driver match the sub-devices with the smaller
register range then?

	Arnd
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