netdev - Re: [PATCH 02/10] GRETH: added option to disable a device node from bootloader.

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Message-ID: <4D2FFF2C.3050904@gaisler.com>
Date:	Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:45:48 +0100
From:	Daniel Hellstrom <daniel@...sler.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kristoffer@...sler.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] GRETH: added option to disable a device node from
 bootloader.

David Miller wrote:

>From: Daniel Hellstrom <daniel@...sler.com>
>Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:25:27 +0100
>
>  
>
>>Signed-off-by: Daniel Hellstrom <daniel@...sler.com>
>>    
>>
>
>This is not how you do this.
>
>Simply not present the device in the OpenFirmware tree at all.  If you
>can make this special properly appear, you can also toss the device
>node away completely.
>
>There is zero reason whatsoever to create a special hack-job
>non-standardized device node properly to do this.
>  
>
I agree, I will remove it. The optional parameter should be a setting 
for a particular device rather that a "disable device" parameter.

Thanks,
Daniel

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