From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Device Tree on ARM platform Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:52:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20090527.165217.52725949.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20090527162000.GM6805@pengutronix.de> <20090527234801.GP6805@pengutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090527234801.GP6805-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@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: r.schwebel-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org Cc: devicetree-discuss-mnsaURCQ41sdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-xIg/pKzrS19vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org, yuan-bo.ye-3WKxDLwmzFNWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, timur-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org, rmk-lFZ/pmaqli7XmaaqVzeoHQ@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org From: Robert Schwebel Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 01:48:01 +0200 > My impression is that oftree only works in a perfect world. But we > don't have one, so the fundamental design decision is broken. It is imperfect, that's why it all determined by software we control and thus we can fix. _THAT_ is the whole point. Bringing up SMSC over and over again is just a scarecrow. So one driver went insanely bad and if an ifdef platform specific hacks nightmare, big deal. That has no bearing on whether OF device trees constructed by bootloader software or onboard firmware is a good idea or not.