Hi,

Matt Sealey wrote:

> Aymeric Vincent wrote:
>>> What I'm asking myself for a long time: do we need the ofw-bus at  
>>> all,
>>> when it is our goal to run the ofppc-port with real NetBSD  
>>> drivers rather than
>>> using the OFW-devices?
>> Why not, but then we need a way to "claim" a device from the tree
>> because two drivers from two different parts of the device tree may
>> then claim the same device.
>
> Just add a property to it's device node, "netbsd,in-use" and make  
> sure you
> check it off. That should stop devices from being touched if they  
> already
> have a driver loaded - as long as drivers remember to set the  
> property when
> they run..

Hmm, I have the impression that this requires some thought because if  
a device driver attaches for example to a pci bus, it has no reason  
to go decorate the openfirmware tree.

Regards,
  Aymeric