From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: michal.simek@xilinx.com (Michal Simek) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 13:17:30 +0200 Subject: DTS for Zynq Microzed/Picozed In-Reply-To: References: <574EB904.2070900@xilinx.com> Message-ID: <574EC44A.4050009@xilinx.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Hi Masahiro, On 1.6.2016 13:04, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hi Michal. > > 2016-06-01 19:29 GMT+09:00 Michal Simek : >> Hi Masahiro, >> >> >> On 1.6.2016 12:10, Masahiro Yamada wrote: >>> Hi Michal, >>> >>> >>> zynq-microzed.dts and zynq-picozed.dts are missing >>> in Linux tree. >>> (I do not see them in linux-xlnx on the GitHub, either) >> >> microzed and picozed board are made by Avnet not by Xilinx and none >> pushed support for these boards. >> > > I see. > > I guess Avnet boards are attractive for hobbyists > because they are cheaper than xilinx ones. > Supporting them would be useful I guess, > but it is true that you have no obligation to do that. I personally have better experience with digilent boards (zybo for example). They just need to fix the problem with serial console powering as is done on Xilinx boards. But I agree Xilinx boards are pretty expensive and having cheap well supported board will be the best option. >>> Interestingly enough, I see both in U-Boot tree. >> >> Yes they are in the u-boot because IRC Nathan wanted to have support there. >> >> >>> Is there some reason for that? >>> Otherwise, do you have a plan to port them to Linux? >> >> I was in touch with Avnet to improve support for their reference boards >> but there is no conclusion from that discussion. >> I have microzed here (I don't have picozed) but I don't have any >> immediate plan to push support for this board to Linux without any >> support from them. >> And pushing board without regular testing is not the right way to go. >> >> TBH: I am thinking to remove zynq boards which are not regularly tested. >> For Linux this is not a problem because diff is just DTS and for U-Boot >> with DM I believe we can be there soon. > > I see. Thanks, Michal