Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi Rob, > > Sorry I missed this when you posted it. > > Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> 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
