[Fwd: Re: [U-Boot-Users] using a flat device tree to drive u-boot config]

[Jon Loeliger <jdl-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>]

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Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] using a flat device tree to drive u-boot config
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:59:21 -0500
From: Scott Wood <scottwood-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
To: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
CC: u-boot-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Users <u-boot-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>, Kumar Gala <galak-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>

Ben Warren wrote:
> Uh, yeah.  I like the idea of a central repo for hardware info, and
> the device tree concept is good.  My point is that the syntax, while
> concise and exact, can be intimidating.  Just look at the amount of
> traffic on the mailing lists of people that don't understand what all
> the fields mean when specifying IRQs etc.  Anything we can do to make
> it less so for noobies is a good thing for everybody.

Sure, no argument there -- enhancing the dts syntax with symbolic 
constants, computational expressions, and macros should make things like 
interrupt specifiers and maps a lot clearer.

-Scott