From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Josh Boyer Subject: Re: The new DTS language enhancements Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 07:50:53 -0400 Message-ID: <20081002075053.400e4adf@zod.rchland.ibm.com> References: <1222889827.28471.3.camel@ld0161-tx32> <3643ED8C-2AED-405A-8C7E-432FB311DE6A@kernel.crashing.org> <11973616-0AA9-4CA4-BC12-7B896DDF533C@kernel.crashing.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <11973616-0AA9-4CA4-BC12-7B896DDF533C-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org> 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: Kumar Gala Cc: devicetree-discuss List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:45:16 -0500 Kumar Gala wrote: > > 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. > > > > 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. > > I understand the short window, but if there isn't useful feedback what > is one to do? Just saying I don't like your solution and leaving at > this isn't productive. I'm all for getting this done right, but we > need constructive feedback. > > There are clearly some high level differences of opinions. The only > way I see of addressing those is by who is putting up code to address And therein lies the rub. A simple posting of grammar and syntax proposals before the code was written would have probably led to better discussion and less time wasted. I'm all for seeing alternate proposals. I just don't think they need code implementation backing them to start with. josh