From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jamie Lokier Subject: Re: Request review of device tree documentation Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:33:24 +0100 Message-ID: <20100614163324.GG9550@shareable.org> References: <1276339684.1962.186.camel@pasglop> <4C13B618.1030006@firmworks.com> <1276383132.1962.195.camel@pasglop> <4C146F18.9030008@firmworks.com> <20100614124438.GF9323@yookeroo> <20100614160201.GD9550@shareable.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-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org Errors-To: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org To: Grant Likely Cc: Nicolas Pitre , microblaze-uclinux-rVRm/Wmeqae7NGdpmJTKYQ@public.gmane.org, devicetree-discuss , linuxppc-dev , Dan Malek , Jeremy Kerr , linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Grant Likely wrote: > > Like initrd, some people will find they need to compile it in to the > > kernel image to fit some bootloader they can't change, or daren't risk > > changing in already rolled out devices that they want to update to a > > DT-using kernel. > > Yes, I fully expect that. Fortunately the situation is better than it > was with powerpc. Since the machine id is being retained, a > DT-enabled kernel can continue to support non-DT systems. There will > not be a flag day to cut everything over to a new boot interface. That's excellent, thank you. I was a bit unsure about how that was going. -- Jamie