Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754925AbXABUMJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:12:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755260AbXABUMI (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:12:08 -0500 Received: from rs27.luxsci.com ([66.216.127.24]:46701 "EHLO rs27.luxsci.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754925AbXABUMH (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:12:07 -0500 Message-ID: <459ABC7C.2030104@firmworks.com> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:11:40 -1000 From: Mitch Bradley User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt CC: Segher Boessenkool , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@laptop.org, jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de, David Miller , jg@laptop.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Open Firmware device tree virtual filesystem References: <459714A6.4000406@firmworks.com> <20061231.124531.125895122.davem@davemloft.net> <1167709406.6165.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1167768494.6165.63.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1167768494.6165.63.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 733 Lines: 19 > We could of course have the interface work either on a copy of the tree > or on a real OF (though that means changing things like get_property on > powerpc and fixing the gazillions of users) but I tend to think that > working on a copy always is more efficient. > > The patch that I posted creates a copy in the virtual filesystem domain. So the efficiency issue is moot. The filesystem domain copy is smaller than the in-memory tree, as it omits a lot of unnecessary fields. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/