[PATCH fixup v1] of: base: register DT root as device

[Sascha Hauer]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 10:55:52AM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> A usual board file contains at least one of_machine_is_compatible().
> Some of the have a rather long list with complicated version logic.
> 
> To avoid own implementation for driver management, register the root node
> of device tree as platform device. So, the main platform bus can attach
> proper board driver. After this patch a typical board.c file can reuse
> existing driver infrastructure.
> 
> After this patch, you will be able to see all registered board drivers
> with drvinfo as fallow:
> ...
> board-embest-riot
> board-protonic-imx6
>     dt-root.of
> ...
> 
> With devinfo, you'll be able to get some board specific information,
> if this is implemented:
> barebox at Protonic PRTI6Q board:/ devinfo dt-root.of
> Driver: board-protonic-imx6
> Bus: platform
> Parameters:
>   boardid: 0 (type: uint32)
>   boardrev: 1 (type: uint32)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel at pengutronix.de>
> ---
>  drivers/of/base.c     | 2 ++
>  drivers/of/platform.c | 5 +++++
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

Replaced original patch with this one.

Sascha

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