Messages in this thread | | | From | Michael Ellerman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/21] of: Add cpu node iterator for_each_of_cpu_node() | Date | Wed, 31 Oct 2018 01:20:03 +1100 |
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Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> writes: > Hi Rob, > > Sorry I missed this when you posted it. > > Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> writes: >> Iterating thru cpu nodes is a common pattern. Create a common iterator >> which can find child nodes either by node name or device_type == cpu. >> Using the former will allow for eventually dropping device_type >> properties which are deprecated for FDT. > > Device trees we see on powerpc generally don't (never?) use "cpu" as the > node name for CPU nodes. And many of those device trees come from > firmware, so we can't update them. > > So dropping support for device_type is a non-starter from our POV.
ps. presumably that's what you meant by deprecated *for FDT*.
But anyway just wanted to make sure we are on the same page.
cheers
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