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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:15:29 +1100
From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
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Segher Boessenkool writes:

> Still, if you want to be compatible to "real OF" (and you
> do, otherwise you would have chosen a structure that is
> more appropriate for this goal),

We don't require an OF device tree; what we require is something that
provides a way to express what the kernel needs to know about the
hierarchy, interconnections and characteristics of the devices in the
system.  That it looks strangely familiar to you is just a
coincidence. :)

Paul.