Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:26:27 -0400 | From | Vivien Didelot <> | Subject | Re: [RESEND][PATCH 0/5] Support for the TS-5500 board |
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On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:09:19 -0400, Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:20:46 +0100, > David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> wrote: > > Just expose these devices in the device-tree. You shouldn't *need* a > > new MTD device driver; physmap_of should be just fine. > > I didn't write a new MTD device driver, but just moved the already > existing one to the ts5500 platform directory. The point is that my > TS-5500 doesn't have this flash, so I couldn't try. The fifth patch > from this set could just be ignored. > > > If your bootloader doesn't pass one, your platform-specific code > > should just register its own device-tree blob during early boot. And > > your device drivers should just match against the devices therein. > > I'm a bit confused with what should be done for the support for an > embedded platform (X86-based) like this TS-5500. Is the actual code > hierarchy OK? What is the impact of adding a device-tree to this code? > > Thanks, > Vivien.
Can I get the maintainer's view on this?
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