In message <FAFE3267-B3FE-43C3-AA90-DAD8A804F0BA@shagadelic.org>, Jason Thorpe 
writes:
>> Allen Briggs wrote:
>> That's a good idea, though I'd probably use properties for it.  Then
>> device_register() can define whatever properties are appropriate  
>> for the
>> platform.

>...except what if the user changes it with "fis" in redboot?  This is  
>not platform-specific, but often individual board specific.

Well, presumably you'd handle this much the way we currently handle
platform-specific partition tables; which is to say, individual boards
are treated almost as their own platforms, with a certain amount of custom
code.

-s