From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux-lFZ/pmaqli7XmaaqVzeoHQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "Nicolas Pitre"
<nicolas.pitre-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
"Tony Lindgren" <tony-4v6yS6AI5VpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>,
devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org,
"Petr Štetiar" <ynezz-knWk7/PSn+s@public.gmane.org>,
linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] patches to allow DTB to be appended to the ARM zImage
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:35:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110612153536.GL10283@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201106121701.22418.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 05:01:22PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Of course it should override the device tree, I'm not arguing that.
> All I'm saying is that we don't need to special-case this or support
> both formats once the kernel is there as long as we move the information
> into appropriate DT-representation of the same data.
You're arguing for it to be parsed by whatever fragment of assembly code
we have to place around the zImage to merge it into DT.
And yes, it's going to have to be assembly code because we don't have a
C environment at that point which can run in a relocatable way.
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Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-12 6:06 [PATCH 0/3] patches to allow DTB to be appended to the ARM zImage Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-12 6:06 ` [PATCH 1/3] ARM: zImage: ensure it is always a multiple of 64 bits in size Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-13 10:43 ` Tony Lindgren
[not found] ` <1307858800-16712-2-git-send-email-nicolas.pitre-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-13 11:24 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
[not found] ` <20110613112454.GA12325-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-13 14:06 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-12 6:06 ` [PATCH 2/3] ARM: zImage: Allow the appending of a device tree binary Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-12 15:01 ` Grant Likely
2011-06-13 10:46 ` Tony Lindgren
[not found] ` <20110613104648.GD10951-4v6yS6AI5VpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-13 11:26 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
[not found] ` <20110613112604.GB12325-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-13 14:08 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-12 6:06 ` [PATCH 3/3] ARM: zImage: make sure appended DTB doesn't get overwritten by kernel .bss Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-13 10:47 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-06-12 8:15 ` [PATCH 0/3] patches to allow DTB to be appended to the ARM zImage Russell King - ARM Linux
[not found] ` <20110612081541.GA10283-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 8:34 ` Shawn Guo
[not found] ` <20110612083414.GA29516-+NayF8gZjK2ctlrPMvKcciBecyulp+rMXqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 9:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
[not found] ` <20110612092131.GC10283-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 9:38 ` Shawn Guo
[not found] ` <20110612093822.GB29516-+NayF8gZjK2ctlrPMvKcciBecyulp+rMXqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 9:52 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
[not found] ` <20110612095217.GD10283-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 10:42 ` Shawn Guo
[not found] ` <20110612104215.GC29516-+NayF8gZjK2ctlrPMvKcciBecyulp+rMXqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 10:40 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-06-13 20:19 ` Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
2011-06-13 23:04 ` David Brown
[not found] ` <8yaaadlfi3q.fsf-AOX6H5vLt3Uj8izMo0bVsAC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-13 23:13 ` Nicolas Pitre
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.2.00.1106131910570.2142-QuJgVwGFrdf/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-14 7:09 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-14 14:53 ` Tony Lindgren
[not found] ` <20110614145329.GK23145-4v6yS6AI5VpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-14 17:28 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-14 20:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-14 21:21 ` Nicolas Pitre
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.2.00.1106141650520.2142-QuJgVwGFrdf/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-14 21:42 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <201106142342.29405.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-14 22:06 ` Grant Likely
2011-06-15 8:08 ` Tony Lindgren
[not found] ` <201106142232.02217.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-14 22:32 ` Rob Herring
[not found] ` <4DF7E191.1050705-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-14 23:50 ` Nicolas Pitre
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.2.00.1106141948060.2142-QuJgVwGFrdf/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-15 2:09 ` Rob Herring
2011-06-15 2:21 ` Nicolas Pitre
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.2.00.1106140300500.2142-QuJgVwGFrdf/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-14 11:25 ` Shawn Guo
2011-06-14 21:38 ` David Brown
2011-06-14 23:27 ` [PATCH] Support multiple MEM tags with atags->fdt conversion David Brown
2011-06-15 19:50 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-15 20:15 ` David Brown
2011-06-15 20:20 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-16 1:43 ` David Gibson
2011-06-20 4:03 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-20 4:53 ` David Gibson
2011-06-17 20:23 ` David Brown
2011-06-12 11:22 ` [PATCH 0/3] patches to allow DTB to be appended to the ARM zImage Petr Štetiar
[not found] ` <20110612112219.GD16318-iAOvNCVgjNNH4x6Dk/4f9A@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 11:58 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-06-12 14:15 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <201106121615.24059.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 14:34 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
[not found] ` <20110612143428.GI10283-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 15:01 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <201106121701.22418.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 15:35 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
[not found] ` <20110612153536.GL10283-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 15:45 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-12 14:57 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <20110612145751.GA4013-e0URQFbLeQY2iJbIjFUEsiwD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 15:19 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-06-12 15:47 ` Nicolas Pitre
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.2.00.1106121145570.2142-QuJgVwGFrdf/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 15:59 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
[not found] ` <20110612155940.GM10283-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 18:59 ` Nicolas Pitre
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.2.00.1106121454510.2142-QuJgVwGFrdf/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-13 9:51 ` Tony Lindgren
[not found] ` <20110613095142.GA10951-4v6yS6AI5VpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-13 14:14 ` Nicolas Pitre
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.2.00.1106131010150.2142-QuJgVwGFrdf/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-13 14:20 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
[not found] ` <20110613142044.GC13643-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-13 15:02 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-06-13 15:14 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-13 15:17 ` Grant Likely
2011-06-12 19:26 ` Warner Losh
2011-06-13 9:59 ` Tony Lindgren
[not found] ` <20110612115820.GF10283-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-12 15:41 ` Nicolas Pitre
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.2.00.1106121051380.2142-QuJgVwGFrdf/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-14 0:13 ` David Brown
2011-09-06 11:23 ` Linus Walleij
2011-06-21 1:40 ` David Gibson
2011-06-13 4:31 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <BANLkTik_hH9tZ5MMbOYzhZwLFTFQyJyfRg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-13 20:44 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-09-05 15:43 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-09-05 19:32 ` Nicolas Pitre
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