Re: Going from 2.2.12 to 2.2.17pre10

Matt Porter wrote:

Back to original point, I'm not against using a residual data or
device tree if it doesn't have to have dozens of fixups applied.
I just don't see that coming out of the proprietary hardware/software
houses to use their broken data...

Residual data is useful for things like finding the memory size, and for
chips designed inside Apple. For almost everything else Linux already
contains a device tree, built by PCI probing when the kernel boots^*. I
don't see much need for a parallel, architecture specific, device tree.

- Adrian Cox, AG Electronics
*) Apologies to MCA and Nubus users.

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