[PATCH v3 14/36] mtd: st_spi_fsm: Add device-tree binding documentation

Lee Jones lee.jones at linaro.org
Tue Dec 3 07:31:28 EST 2013


On Tue, 03 Dec 2013, Linus Walleij wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 03 Dec 2013, Linus Walleij wrote:
> 
> >> So it can be in <linux/mfd/my-sysconfig-regs.h> as
> >> a
> >>
> >> #define MY_SYSCON_V1_BOOT_DEV_REG 0x958
> >> #define MY_SYSCON_V1_BOOT_DEV_SPI 0x1a
> >>
> >> The kernel should know which SoC is in use and
> >> act apropriately right?
> >
> > And this have lots of machine_is() calls everywhere?
> 
> No need for Mr. Everywhere to know about the SoC.
> 
> There are other ways to achieve this. arch/arm/mach-foo
> always knows which ASIC it is running on, and it can do
> various things:
> 
> - Add device tree fragments/overlays (OK high-tech, but
>   we're getting to this, inevitably)
> 
> - Selectively add AUXDATA, which is absolutely OK if
>   we can do autoprobing of hardware IMO.

I prefer our solution TBH.

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Lee Jones
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