On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 08:38:03AM -0500, Matt Sealey wrote:
> I'm extremely troubled that it is "not used in the code", surely 
> device_type is checked as a legacy for Open Firmware (otherwise a lot of 
> devices may never be detected!),

Checked where? Can you point out a code snippet? (Except for CHRP
platforms, the CHRP is running real OF, so it is irrelevant if it
checks for device_type = "rtc" or not.)

> or does device tree parsing/checking 
> follow a different path for FDT?
>
> (absolutely fine with it being removed from new DTS but, just concerned 
> about your comment and it's impact...)

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