netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] [POWERPC] UCC nodes cleanup

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Message-ID: <fa686aa40804140804q6950b206sd7dc5475b348e618@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:04:24 -0600
From:	"Grant Likely" <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	avorontsov@...mvista.com
Cc:	"Timur Tabi" <timur@...escale.com>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	"Jeff Garzik" <jgarzik@...ox.com>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [POWERPC] UCC nodes cleanup

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Anton Vorontsov
<avorontsov@...mvista.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:48:37AM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
>  > Anton Vorontsov wrote:
>  > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 09:13:36AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>  > >> On Mar 11, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
>  > >>> - get rid of `model = "UCC"' in the ucc nodes
>  > >>>  It isn't used anywhere, so remove it. If we'll ever need something
>  > >>>  like this, we'll use compatible property instead.
>  > >>> - replace cell-index and device-id properties by fsl,ucc.
>  > >>>
>  > >>> Drivers are modified for backward compatibility's sake.
>  > >> I'd prefer we use cell-index and not introduce "fsl,ucc".  I'm ok with
>  > >> dropping device-id and model (its implied in the compatiable).
>  > >
>  > > Ok. Here it is. netdev and linux-serial Cc'ed.
>  >
>  > Do we want the first UCC to have a cell-index of 1?  Maybe we should fix this
>  > off-by-one error once and for all, and number all UCCs from 0?
>
>  Isn't documentation numbers UCC from 1? Then I believe we should stick
>  with it for device tree, since off by one is Linux implementation details.

Plus making such a change will break deployed device trees.

g.


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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
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