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From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/21] of: Add cpu node iterator for_each_of_cpu_node()
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Date:   Wed, 31 Oct 2018 01:20:03 +1100
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Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> writes:
> Hi Rob,
>
> Sorry I missed this when you posted it.
>
> Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> writes:
>> Iterating thru cpu nodes is a common pattern. Create a common iterator
>> which can find child nodes either by node name or device_type == cpu.
>> Using the former will allow for eventually dropping device_type
>> properties which are deprecated for FDT.
>
> Device trees we see on powerpc generally don't (never?) use "cpu" as the
> node name for CPU nodes. And many of those device trees come from
> firmware, so we can't update them.
>
> So dropping support for device_type is a non-starter from our POV.

ps. presumably that's what you meant by deprecated *for FDT*.

But anyway just wanted to make sure we are on the same page.

cheers