From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Gibson Subject: Re: The new DTS language enhancements Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:42:47 +1000 Message-ID: <20081002004247.GD25598@yookeroo.seuss> References: <1222889827.28471.3.camel@ld0161-tx32> <3643ED8C-2AED-405A-8C7E-432FB311DE6A@kernel.crashing.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-mnsaURCQ41sdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org Errors-To: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-mnsaURCQ41sdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org To: Grant Likely Cc: devicetree-discuss List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 04:51:09PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Kumar Gala wrote: > > > > On Oct 1, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Jon Loeliger wrote: > > > >> Folks, > >> > >> We have had some internal discussion inside Freescale > >> about my proposed DTS language enhancements now. > >> We feel that we have significant need for this approach, > >> and in the absence of a solid alternate proposal, > >> we would like to move forward with it. > > > > I agree with Jon here... if people aren't going to have useful comments on > > what changes need to be made to Jon's work we'd (Freescale) like to see a > > dtc-2.0 with these changes and getting those changes into the kernel for > > 2.6.28. > > Jon's changes are non-trivial and have long lasting implications. > First posting of the changes was made on Sept 23, just over a week > ago. Jon told me about the new design only a month ago. Not a lot of > time. I entirely agree, especially since the first I saw of the proposed syntax was the implementation. > This is not the same as adding a new driver or supporting a new SoC. > The consequences have considerable broader reach. Time must be > allowed for us to mull over the design. Indeed. This will be syntax we have to live with for a long time, and the current version does not sit at all well with me. > Merging for 2.6.28 is too aggressive. > > I appreciate that you're frustrated with the lack of alternate > proposals, but there hasn't been enough time yet. Yes. I'm working on my own preferred approach now, as fast as I can around other things I need to do. -- David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson