linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] openrisc: remove the redundant of_platform

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Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2016 11:14:00 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se>
Cc:     Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com>,
        Stefan Kristiansson <stefan.kristiansson@...nalahti.fi>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] openrisc: remove the redundant of_platform_populate

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se> wrote:
> On 09/16/2016 04:43 PM, Stafford Horne wrote:
>>
>> From: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
>>
>> The of_platform_populate call in the openrisc arch code is now redundant
>> as the DT core provides a default call. Openrisc has a NULL match table
>> which means only top level nodes with compatible strings will have
>> devices creates. The default version will also descend nodes in the
>> match table such as "simple-bus" which should be fine as openrisc
>> doesn't have any of these (though it is preferred that memory-mapped
>> peripherals be grouped under a bus node(s)).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se>
>> Signed-off-by: Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com>
>
>
> Yes, this is fine, but trivial/generic stuff like this doesn't really need
> to go via the OpenRISC repo, anyway.

Then which tree do you think it should go thru? I could have applied
it, but it doesn't depend on anything else. So it should go via the
correct maintainer's tree.

Rob