[PATCH 03/13] ARM: imx27: Retrieve the SYSCTRL base address from devicetree

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Wed Sep 16 17:30:02 EDT 2020


On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 10:55 PM Fabio Estevam <festevam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Now that imx27 has been converted to a devicetree-only platform,
> retrieve the SYSCTRL base address from devicetree.
>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam at gmail.com>

While this is nicer in theory, I don't like the way it breaks compatibility
with old dtb files that are lacking the device node.

What is the status of dtb stability otherwise on imx? My impression
was that it is actually quite good about not breaking this way.

      Arnd



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