Re: [Patch] MPC Adapter: read class attribute from device tree

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Michael Lawnick wrote:
> Wolfgang Grandegger said the following:
>>> Many adapters do initialization of .class in adapter code. A few do not.
>>> I haven't checked, but assume the PPC ones, as they have DTS. Thats Ok,
>>> as long DTS is really used. In at least one other adapter it is: Exactly
>>> Wolfgang Grandegger, who is responsible for removal of the original
>>> default initialization, showed me, that it is done in i2c-cpm!
>> This property in i2c-cpm existed before the conversion to new style I2C
>> drivers. I actually proposed the following patch:
>>
>>  http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2008-July/060016.html
>>
>> But after some discussion we came to the conclusion, that legacy device
>> probing should be avoided for FDT based systems.
> What does this                  ^^^ mean?

"flattened device-tree", see

linux-2.6/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt

Wolfgang.
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