From: Mark Brown <broonie-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
To: Segher Boessenkool
<segher-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
Cc: devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: support an enumerated-bus compatible value
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 11:47:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120703104720.GB25995@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FE3C6687-727E-4191-9D37-9E71EBFEF0AE-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 02:27:15AM +0200, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> Why would you want to instantiate devices that you cannot address
> at all anyway? The only driver that can know what to do with the
> device node is the driver for the device that has the phandle
> reference to it; it can instantiate it.
It's not a single device referencing it, it's multiple devices
referencing it, and we can do useful things even with no external
references at all. The node itself is a real thing that we can point at
and control (using GPIOs or something similar).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-03 10:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-28 23:05 [PATCH] of: support an enumerated-bus compatible value Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <1340924755-31447-1-git-send-email-swarren-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-01 19:36 ` Rob Herring
[not found] ` <4FF0A6B6.8040902-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-01 22:03 ` Grant Likely
2012-07-02 15:59 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <4FF1C567.4060809-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-02 17:23 ` Mitch Bradley
[not found] ` <4FF1D8F9.9040005-D5eQfiDGL7eakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-02 17:43 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <4FF1DDBD.9050106-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-02 18:36 ` Mitch Bradley
[not found] ` <4FF1EA1A.9030307-D5eQfiDGL7eakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-02 19:41 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <4FF1F955.6030204-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-02 21:44 ` Segher Boessenkool
[not found] ` <6BC22F77-77D7-45DF-821A-6CA2DBADEA59-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-02 22:26 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <4FF22031.3060206-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-03 0:27 ` Segher Boessenkool
[not found] ` <FE3C6687-727E-4191-9D37-9E71EBFEF0AE-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-03 10:47 ` Mark Brown [this message]
[not found] ` <20120703104720.GB25995-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-03 14:00 ` Segher Boessenkool
[not found] ` <F928AF0B-65CF-48D1-8DB5-4C27FD6AB82F-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-03 14:42 ` Mark Brown
[not found] ` <20120703144242.GE25995-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-03 15:43 ` Segher Boessenkool
[not found] ` <DF4AD962-D8A8-43AA-AF14-5DBF65505EDF-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-03 15:45 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <4FF3138F.9090800-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-03 19:02 ` Mitch Bradley
[not found] ` <4FF341B0.9090901-D5eQfiDGL7eakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-03 19:57 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <4FF34EC2.6040908-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-24 17:38 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <500EDD8A.2010701-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-24 18:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <201207241848.53308.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-24 19:30 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <500EF7C5.6060406-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-24 20:05 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-03 15:43 ` Stephen Warren
2012-07-02 21:45 ` Grant Likely
2012-07-02 21:43 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <CACxGe6ty5wU6Y+fuFYfBsM4HRLZaTff9EnzCP2FzmcQGOyJ=xQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-02 22:28 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <4FF22095.4030106-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-02 22:37 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <CACxGe6sexKHa65=EsLpTa9-JrSK-Ubbhz6MAmfGeSen9cHJhow-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-02 23:17 ` Stephen Warren
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