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From: Jeremy Kerr <jk@codeconstruct.com.au>
To: Zev Weiss <zweiss@equinix.com>,
	"openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org" <openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org>
Cc: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au>, Eddie James <eajames@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Specifying default-disabled devices
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:33:42 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <71375410db4f03bd19c820f97f3a23418b56ecc0.camel@codeconstruct.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210910022433.GD17315@packtop>

Hi Zev,

> I'd like to hear people's thoughts on how to approach specifying that
> a device is present, but should be left alone by default.

Sounds good!

> The other alternative I've considered (though not actually implemented
> thus far) is to start using the "reserved" status value defined in the
> device-tree spec (section 2.3.4, [0]) to mean this

I'd prefer this approach - it seems quite neat, and means we can keep
the hardware definitions together.

Do you have thoughts about how you'd then un- and re-reserve the device?

Cheers,


Jeremy


  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-10  2:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-10  2:24 [PATCH RFC] Specifying default-disabled devices Zev Weiss
2021-09-10  2:33 ` Jeremy Kerr [this message]
2021-09-10  3:49   ` Zev Weiss
2021-09-10  4:04     ` Jeremy Kerr
2021-09-10  5:28       ` Zev Weiss
2021-09-10  7:59         ` Jeremy Kerr
2021-09-10  8:35           ` Zev Weiss
2021-09-10  9:08             ` Jeremy Kerr
2021-09-10 21:59               ` Zev Weiss
2021-09-21  2:56                 ` Zev Weiss
2021-09-10  4:36 ` Oliver O'Halloran

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