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From: jamie@shareable.org (Jamie Lokier)
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:33:24 +0100
Subject: Request review of device tree documentation
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Grant Likely wrote:
> > Like initrd, some people will find they need to compile it in to the
> > kernel image to fit some bootloader they can't change, or daren't risk
> > changing in already rolled out devices that they want to update to a
> > DT-using kernel.
> 
> Yes, I fully expect that.  Fortunately the situation is better than it
> was with powerpc.  Since the machine id is being retained, a
> DT-enabled kernel can continue to support non-DT systems.  There will
> not be a flag day to cut everything over to a new boot interface.

That's excellent, thank you.  I was a bit unsure about how that was going.

-- Jamie