On 06/29/2012 11:18 AM, Li Yang-R58472 wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- From: Wood Scott-B07421 Sent: Friday, >> June 29, 2012 11:02 AM To: Kumar Gala Cc: Jia Hongtao-B38951; Wood >> Scott-B07421; Li Yang-R58472; ag...@suse.de; >> linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] powerpc/fsl: >> PCI refactoring and QEMU paravirt platform >> >> On 06/29/2012 10:57 AM, Kumar Gala wrote: >>> Pretty sure the boards have ISA, if you see the .dts has >>> references to >> 'ISA bridge' & 'i8259' PIC. >> >> OK. How about looking for an i8259 node as well? > > That could work, but looks hackish. Our proposal for adding a new > device tree property is a generic solution.
Yes, all *new* boards should have an isa node. But we want to remain compatible with existing device trees. > The only problem is that > new kernels would work with old device trees. I think we can use > your solution for transitional period. And go for a well defined > device tree binding for this in long run. The "transitional period" is until we no longer care about these specific boards, or any out-of-tree derivatives. -Scott _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev