Re: [PATCH 2/8] Add uli1575 pci-bridge sector to MPC8641HPCN dts file.

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Feel free to ask for advice on IRC, on the list, or
elsewhere _before_ sending a patch.

Bah, sending a patch is good too, don't be too hard there. I for one
prefer the approach of sending a patch first.

I'm saying that if you're unsure about stuff, you can ask
about it -- sending a preliminary patch with the question
is one way, sure.

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Second, perhaps there is lingering legacy
crap in some of the early DTS files that should be systematically
cleaned up.

Yes there is.  Maybe one day I'll get to it, I'm hoping
someone else will fix this though ;-)

We probably need to improve the documentation in fact. Maybe with a 
step
by step HOWTO create your device-tree with examples for typical things
like PCI etc.. and the rational of why for each of these, we chose to 
do
XXX instead of YYY...

A howto-like doc would help yes.  Rationale might help people
better understand how things work, too, sure.

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The official (and unofficial) Open Firmware docs are quite
good.  Perhaps we need a big huge fat sign in the DTS docs
pointing to them.

They aren't -that- good when you come out of the blue and don't know
where to start.

Well most people don't even know those docs _exist_ it
seems.

I think a tutorial based on building a tree for an
example board step by step would be best.

Would be nice yes.


Segher