On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 08:25:36PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> On 10/10/07, David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 03:38:02PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
[snip]
> > > "number" seems a bit to generic to me.  logical-number seems a bit more
> > > descriptive.
> >
> > We've used 'cell-index' for similar purposes on other 4xx.
> 
> Unfortunately, 'cell' has been used in the sense of a logic cell in an
> SoC.  In the case of the SystemACE, it is an external chip.
> 
> What about "device-number"?

Ok, I misunderstood.  If it's not on chip, what significance does this
serial number have?  Where would a driver need it?

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