Simon Burge said;

>> It
>> seems more reasonable to hardwire base addresses to kernel config
>> files (or config fragments, where sharing makes sense) then in the
>> code itself, IMO.
>
> Going the other way, I don't think it makes any sense at all to have to
> specify hardware addresses in the kernel config files for SoCs where
> it's impossible for devices to appear at different addresses.  Which
> doesn't help you at all :-/

Seconded.   I dislike to introduce "config-syntax-circus", which has tainted
many other ports, into powerpc world.  Simple enough, smart, please.
Kernel programmer should be proud of fewer lines of code, not larger.

Toru Nishimura/ALKYL Technology