On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 04:00:56PM +0200, Joachim Fenkes wrote: > > Plus, I rather like using > the full_name since it also contains a descriptive name as opposed to > being just nondescript numbers, helping the layman (ie user) to make sense > out of a dev_id.
Yes, well, but no. The location code is useful as a geographical location: slots and devices are physically labelled with stickers so you can tell which is which. Handy when you have to unplug stuff. By contrast, the device-tree full_name is mostly just gobldy-gook, with some crazy phb numbering in there that, after four years of staring at them, I still can't reliably do anything useful with. Location codes are nice. --linas _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
