Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Strange location and name for platform devices when device-tree is used. | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Sat, 02 Nov 2013 07:33:21 +1100 |
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On Fri, 2013-11-01 at 11:04 -0700, Grant Likely wrote:
> There are two problems here. First, making the change moves all the DT > populated devices under the /sys/devices/platform tree, not just > platform devices.
All DT populated *platform* devices. There are others that have their own locations.
> Second, I expect there is going to be userspace breakage to move them. > I've considered moving them before, but so far have felt that being > tidier hasn't been worth the potential breakage. Userspace /shouldn't/ > be relying on the node name, but we all know that userspace always does > what it should, right? > > That said, I'm mostly concerned about breakage on Power machines, not on > the ARM devices in this regard. If you are convinced that I'm worrying about > nothing, then I'm fine with making the change. If anyone complains > however then it will need to be reverted.
I don't see an issue with power.
Cheers, Ben.
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