Re: [PATCH 1/2] USB: Rework OHCI PPC OF for new bindings

Valentine Barshak <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel,gmane.linux.ports.ppc64.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Matt Sealey wrote:
> Valentine,
> 
> Please do the very minimal required to keep supporting the Efika.
> 
> As for an little endian OHCI controller on an OF bus, I would not
> consider it an impossibility. But, not having the big-endian
> property fixes this; OHCI is little-endian by default. You need
> only report "difference" in device trees, overzealous naming of
> a billion kinds of 99.99999% compatible controllers is just a
> waste of space.
> 
> I prefer the new binding to a degree. I like the big-endian property
> and I like the reporting of a standard controller type (usb-ohci
> rather than building in chip names). However by making the driver
> support only the recommending binding, we break old platforms for
> the sake of making new ones cleaner.
> 
> I wish someone would have sat down and defined the 5200 device
> tree in a design committee rather than a peer review post-commit
> system. In fact, that is a great idea, we can start this off with
> the MPC5121E right now, and get the damn thing RIGHT.
> 

OK, I'll submit a new patch in a bit.
Thanks,
Valentine.

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