RE: [PATCH 3/3] First cut at PReP support for arch/powerpc
From: Yoder Stuart-B08248 <hidden>
Date: 2007-08-03 21:55:20
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+ MPIC: interrupt-controller@d { + device_type =3D "open-pic"; =20 device_type =3D "interrupt-controller".=20 Not according to the binding in booting-without-of.txt=20 My understanding here, though possibly flawed, is that the current implementation has "open-pic" but _should_ have "interrupt-controller" as that is the officially correct name. =20 I _think_ this means we need a transitional period where we update the code to look for "interrupt-controller", and obsoletedly, looks for the "open-pic", while we transition to the new, correct name.
"open-pic" is the correct value for the device_type property. See the binding at: http://playground.sun.com/1275/bindings/chrp/chrp1_8a.ps That is the definition for open pic interrupt controllers (AFAIK). I am not aware of any official binding with "interrupt-controller"=20 as the device_type. However, the interrupt mapping spec says that all interrupt controller (regardless of device_type) must have a=20 property named "interrupt-controller" to identify the device node as an interrupt controller and root of a interrupt tree. See: http://playground.sun.com/1275/practice/imap/imap0_9d.html Stuart