Josh Boyer wrote: > On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:09:25 -0600 > Scott Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 10:43:17PM -0600, Josh Boyer wrote: > > > On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 04:43:42 +0100 > > > Arnd Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I wonder whether we should move the check for "used-by-rtas" into the > > > > of_device_is_available function. I understand that used-by-rtas is > > > > another way of expressing the idea that the kernel is not supposed to > > > > access the specific device. In this case, the device is physically > > > > present, but is not available to the OS. > > > > > > I'd rather not at the moment. My intention was to only look at the > > > status property for now. I'd like to avoid this function growing into > > > a huge switch statement for $random_firmware's way of flagging > > > something as "don't touch". > > > > Better that than having the "huge" list of tests in every driver... > > Perhaps. > > This isn't set in stone. I'd rather get what's in the patch in-tree > now and massage it as we go. Otherwise this bike shed will wind up > being rainbow colored yet totally useless because it's a never-ending > patch rework.
I agree. Josh's patch is immediately useful to other code as-is. used-by-rtas is powerpc-specific and doesn't belong in drivers/of IMO. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list [email protected] https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
