From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754248AbZE2Azh (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 May 2009 20:55:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752183AbZE2Aza (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 May 2009 20:55:30 -0400 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:58440 "EHLO gate.crashing.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751901AbZE2Az3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 May 2009 20:55:29 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Device Tree on ARM platform From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Sascha Hauer Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Grant Likely , Mark Brown , Russell King , devicetree-discuss , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Timur Tabi , Scott Wood , Janboe Ye , linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk In-Reply-To: <20090528150409.GO22742@pengutronix.de> References: <20090527150527.GK6805@pengutronix.de> <87vdnm8sec.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> <4A1D6901.2090508@freescale.com> <20090527175609.GB31861@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <4A1D8FBA.6040802@freescale.com> <20090527192909.GA32398@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20090527205218.GA5591@sirena.org.uk> <20090528124307.GN22742@pengutronix.de> <20090528150409.GO22742@pengutronix.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:51:14 +1000 Message-Id: <1243558274.17903.21.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 17:04 +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote: > > We normally hide these subtle details behind a baseboard= kernel > parameter. I agree with you that it's far better to have a > standardized > way to specify this. For my taste the oftree is too bloated for this > purpose. Define "bloated" ? We got a lot of push back on powerpc initially with this exact same argument "too bloated" but that was never backed up with facts and numbers, and I would mostly say that nobody makes it anymore now that it's there and people use it. Cheers, Ben. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Device Tree on ARM platform Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:51:14 +1000 Message-ID: <1243558274.17903.21.camel@pasglop> References: <20090527150527.GK6805@pengutronix.de> <87vdnm8sec.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> <4A1D6901.2090508@freescale.com> <20090527175609.GB31861@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <4A1D8FBA.6040802@freescale.com> <20090527192909.GA32398@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20090527205218.GA5591@sirena.org.uk> <20090528124307.GN22742@pengutronix.de> <20090528150409.GO22742@pengutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090528150409.GO22742-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-mnsaURCQ41sdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org Errors-To: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-mnsaURCQ41sdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org To: Sascha Hauer Cc: Russell King , devicetree-discuss , Mark Brown , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-xIg/pKzrS19vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org, Scott Wood , Thomas Gleixner , Janboe Ye , Timur Tabi List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 17:04 +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote: > > We normally hide these subtle details behind a baseboard= kernel > parameter. I agree with you that it's far better to have a > standardized > way to specify this. For my taste the oftree is too bloated for this > purpose. Define "bloated" ? We got a lot of push back on powerpc initially with this exact same argument "too bloated" but that was never backed up with facts and numbers, and I would mostly say that nobody makes it anymore now that it's there and people use it. Cheers, Ben.