From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Mark Salter <msalter@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org,
Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 07/24] C6X: devicetree support
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:57:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201109281657.34471.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1317221051.2580.76.camel@deneb.redhat.com>
On Wednesday 28 September 2011, Mark Salter wrote:
> > Other architectures allow simply appending the device tree to the
> > kernel image file, which is more convenient for users and does
> > not require much kernel support. Have you tried this?
>
> Well, I considered it. My main reason for doing it this way was one of
> debugging convenience. The debugger loads an ELF file and while I was
> making lots of device tree changes in the tree and in the code, it was
> more convenient to have one ELF file to deal with rather than an ELF
> file and a dtb. And the thought was to get rid of it altogether once
> bootloader support comes along. Maybe the thing to do would be to just
> rip it out of the kernel. It can almost as easily be post-processing
> step outside the kernel.
Ok, if you plan to properly support it in the boot loader anyway,
that's probably the best option.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-28 14:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-27 20:29 [PATCH v3 00/24] C6X: New architecture Mark Salter
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 01/24] fix default __strnlen_user macro Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 02/24] fixed generic page.h for non-zero PAGE_OFFSET Mark Salter
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 03/24] add ELF machine define for TI C6X DSPs Mark Salter
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 04/24] add missing __iomem to generic iounmap declaration Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 05/24] C6X: build infrastructure Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:23 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-28 14:32 ` Mark Salter
2011-09-28 14:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 06/24] C6X: early boot code Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:26 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-28 14:06 ` Mark Salter
2011-09-28 15:00 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 07/24] C6X: devicetree support Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:31 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-28 14:44 ` Mark Salter
2011-09-28 14:57 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2011-09-28 23:11 ` Grant Likely
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 08/24] C6X: memory management and DMA support Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 09/24] C6X: process management Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:47 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 10/24] C6X: signal management Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 11/24] C6X: time management Mark Salter
2011-09-27 23:41 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-09-28 12:48 ` Mark Salter
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 12/24] C6X: interrupt handling Mark Salter
2011-09-27 23:30 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 13/24] C6X: syscalls Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:49 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 14/24] C6X: traps Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:50 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 15/24] C6X: clocks Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:51 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 16/24] C6X: cache control Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 17/24] C6X: loadable module support Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 18/24] C6X: ptrace support Mark Salter
2011-09-28 13:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:30 ` [PATCH v3 19/24] C6X: headers Mark Salter
2011-09-28 14:07 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-29 13:32 ` Mark Salter
2011-09-29 14:24 ` Mark Salter
2011-09-29 14:41 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:30 ` [PATCH v3 20/24] C6X: library code Mark Salter
2011-09-28 14:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:30 ` [PATCH v3 21/24] C6X: general SoC support Mark Salter
2011-09-28 14:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:30 ` [PATCH v3 22/24] C6X: EMIF - External Memory Interface Mark Salter
2011-09-28 14:13 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:30 ` [PATCH v3 23/24] C6X: DSCR - Device State Configuration Registers Mark Salter
2011-09-28 14:11 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 20:30 ` [PATCH v3 24/24] C6X: MAINTAINERS Mark Salter
2011-09-28 14:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-27 23:15 ` [PATCH v3 00/24] C6X: New architecture Stephen Rothwell
2011-09-28 14:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-28 14:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-28 21:49 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-09-29 10:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-29 12:21 ` Mark Salter
2011-09-29 12:42 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-09-29 13:02 ` Mark Salter
2011-09-29 13:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
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