Re: [PATCH] of/fdt: Add unflatten_partial_device_tree

["M. Warner Losh" <imp-uzTCJ5RojNnQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

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            Grant Likely <glikely-s3s/WqlpOiPyB63q8FvJNQ@public.gmane.org> writes:
: 
: >> Another question is what to do with the unflattened tree once it is
: >> unflattened.  Some of the existing code expects the node to be part of
: >> the global tree.  Those could either be refactored, or the new partial
: >> tree could be grafted into the global tree.  Grafting will have the
: >> least impact, but it probably isn't a good idea in the long term.
: >> Grafting together unrelated trees seems messy to me.
: >
: >I think I must have missed an earlier discussion.  What's the use case
: >for multiple fdt blobs?
: 
: FPGA on an add-on board in an x86 host.  Device tree fragment
: describes the fpga design.  There could be multiple boards in a
: system.

How do you imagine these fragments getting loaded into the system?

Warner