[PATCH] Open Firmware device tree virtual filesystem
Stefan Reinauer
stepan at coresystems.de
Tue Jan 2 08:22:12 EST 2007
* Segher Boessenkool <segher at kernel.crashing.org> [070102 12:37]:
> Are you really suggesting that using a kernel copy of the
> device tree is the correct thing to do, and the only correct
> thing to do -- with the sole argument that "that's what the
> current ports do"?
There might also be a speed advantage if any drivers or user space
programs operate heavily on the device tree on those systems with _lots_
of devices..
Stefan
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