Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rc1] powerpc: Make of_device_uevent() compatible with ibmebus

Benjamin Herrenschmidt [off-list ref] wrote on 17.02.2007=20
16:56:39:

On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 17:28 +0100, Hoang-Nam Nguyen wrote:

quoted

ibmebus has a fake root device that's not associated with an ofdt=20

node.

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Filter out any such devices in of=5Fdevice=5Fuevent().

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Doh ! You are creating an of=5Fdevice with no attached device-node ? That
is totally evil ! Why do you need that ?

The driver creates a fake "ibmebus" device so all ibmebus based devices=20
have
a common parent device -- the vio bus does the same.

What do you think about linking this device to the device tree "/" node?=20
All
ibmebus-based devices are linked to dt nodes residing directly beneath=20
"/",
so the mapping would fit.

Cheers,
  Joachim

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