> -----Original Message----- > From: Wood Scott-B07421 > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:06 PM > To: Yoder Stuart-B08248 > Cc: David Gibson; Olof Johansson; linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org > Subject: Re: RFC: replace device_type with new "class" property? > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 08:31:02AM -0700, Yoder Stuart-B08248 wrote: > > This works...but certainly is weaker with respect to > > standardization. My previous argument had the assumption > > that something like "mac-address" in a network node was > > _required_, and thus needed a class id of some sort to tie > > the standardized node to. > > It is certainly not required -- the device could have an > eeprom, or it might > not be ethernet at all.
Fine, I picked a bad example. My point was that if a property was _required_ that it should have a class id of some sort that ties it back to the standard that required it. Stuart _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev