Re: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: dts: mediatek: add mt6580 basic support

From: Mars Cheng
Date: Wed Jun 24 2015 - 20:15:20 EST


On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 22:25 +0200, Matthias Brugger wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 24, 2015 07:59:13 PM Mars Cheng wrote:
> > On Tue, 2015-06-23 at 21:45 +0200, Matthias Brugger wrote:
> > > > + soc {
> > >
> > > Please drop the soc node as well and just add the components directly.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Matthias
> >
> > May I know the reason to remove the soc node? I follow other xxxx.dtsi
> > to add this node.
>
> The device tree is reflecting the hardware, if you add a soc node like this, it
> is seen like a bus, but there is not really a bus.
>
> I think point of view about this has change over time and nowadays it is
> preferred not to add a soc node.
>
> Regards,
> Matthias
Got it. Will remove the soc node and prepare the new patch.

Thanks a lot.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/