From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
To: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/85xx: Add P2020DS board support
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:16:30 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49EF5EFE.2040608@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FA468435-A799-4EB9-8DA1-EC8F3B58EAEB@kernel.crashing.org>
Kumar Gala wrote:
>> What "we care about" at this point is irrelevant, given the PITA it
>> would be to change the device trees (or u-boot) that are already in
>> use once we do begin to care.
>
> Which is exactly why I didn't put it in the .dts right now.
???
> Today we know NO code exists that cares about "fsl,elbc-1.2". Once someone adds
> such code they can also update the .dts to match it.
DTS files and firmware are *MUCH* harder to update once they're out
there than the kernel. Why such opposition to using an appropriate
compatible?
Is there anything in the p2020ds u-boot patches to set the elbc version,
or was that just a brush-off?
-Scott
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-22 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-22 3:31 [PATCH v3] powerpc/85xx: Add P2020DS board support Kumar Gala
2009-04-22 4:54 ` Liu Dave-R63238
2009-04-22 16:44 ` Scott Wood
2009-04-22 16:54 ` Kumar Gala
2009-04-22 17:04 ` Scott Wood
2009-04-22 17:06 ` Kumar Gala
2009-04-22 17:16 ` Scott Wood
2009-04-22 17:25 ` Kumar Gala
2009-04-22 17:38 ` Scott Wood
2009-04-22 18:11 ` Kumar Gala
2009-04-22 18:16 ` Scott Wood [this message]
2009-04-22 18:23 ` Kumar Gala
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