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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [GIT PULL] make mach-omap2 boot with device tree only for v3.14
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:07:03 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131210160703.GB32243@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131210160144.GG13171@atomide.com>

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 08:01:44AM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> [131210 06:37]:
> > On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 06:42:27PM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > We can now finally make mach-omap2 to boot with device tree only and get
> > > rid of over 20k lines of platform init code that way.
> > > 
> > > Most basic devices already work using device tree based initialization
> > > and the remaining devices can be initialized using platform data
> > > with pdata-quirks.c.
> > > 
> > > So for most missing boards it's just a question of adding a .dts file
> > > that should be fairly similar to one of the existing .dts files as
> > > we've tried to cover all basic omap3 board types.
> > > 
> > > For people getting started updating their board files to for device
> > > tree, there are some basic instructions in commit 8dc8b3ddf5d7
> > > (ARM: OMAP2+: Remove legacy omap3 board-*.c files and make mach-omap2
> > > DT only for booting).
> > > 
> > > Please also note that there are also some related fixes making their way
> > > into the mainline kernel that are needed for some use cases:
> > > 
> > > PM off-idle for omap3 and wake-up events need the following two patches:
> > 
> > While this is good, what seems to be happening is a complete switch
> > from one method of booting to a different method of booting with no
> > compatibility inbetween.  We're going from only supporting the ATAG
> > booting protocol for these platforms in v3.12 to only supporting the
> > DT booting protocol in v3.13.  There's no forward or backwards
> > compatibility - it's one or the other.
> 
> Hmm hey this is for v3.14, not for v3.13.

Yes, I meant 3.14.

> > This is bad: this is the kind of "flag day" change which Linus hates -
> > and I hate it because it means I need to update my build test system
> > at the same time that arm-soc merges this stuff.
> 
> Unfortunately there's no way around that unless we carry the legacy
> booting setup for longer. We can certainly postpone the flip over if
> if there's a real neeed to do it.
> 
> But if the issue is just building an appended DTB image, I'd rather just
> get done with it as that problem we're always going to have no matter
> how much we delay the flip over.

Right, so I should just turn off building OMAP3 for the remainder of this
cycle.

What's the fscking point me running a build system, because if I switch
it now, OMAP3 breaks.  If I don't switch it now and your pull request is
merged, it breaks at that point.

This is utterly insane.

  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-10 16:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-10  2:42 [GIT PULL] make mach-omap2 boot with device tree only for v3.14 Tony Lindgren
2013-12-10 14:35 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-12-10 16:01   ` Tony Lindgren
2013-12-10 16:07     ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2013-12-10 16:59       ` Tony Lindgren
2013-12-10 20:36         ` Tony Lindgren
2013-12-10 18:36     ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-12-10 18:43       ` Tony Lindgren
2013-12-10 18:45 ` Paul Walmsley
2013-12-10 18:59   ` Tony Lindgren
2013-12-10 19:08     ` Tony Lindgren
2013-12-10 19:27     ` Tony Lindgren
2013-12-10 19:39       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-12-10 19:44         ` Paul Walmsley
2013-12-10 19:50         ` Tony Lindgren
2013-12-10 23:07       ` Tony Lindgren
2013-12-13 19:26         ` Tony Lindgren
2013-12-17  7:14           ` Paul Walmsley
2013-12-17 15:26             ` Tony Lindgren
2013-12-10 23:56     ` Paul Walmsley

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