From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guenter Roeck Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] Handling of devicetree bindings Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 07:59:38 -0700 Message-ID: <20130715145938.GA18590@roeck-us.net> References: <20130713192647.GA3798@katana> <20130713204927.GA1124@roeck-us.net> <20130714181331.GC26513@roeck-us.net> <20130715082915.5142547a@lwn.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130715082915.5142547a-T1hC0tSOHrs@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org Sender: "devicetree-discuss" To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: ksummit-2013-discuss-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org, "devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org" List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 08:29:15AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:36:22 +0200 > Linus Walleij wrote: > > > > Devicetree is supposed to describe the hardware, but in many cases there is > > > an overlap between hardware description and configuration and/or use. Where is > > > the boundary ? > > > > Well this is what we need everyone to know so I guess this confirms the > > need to bring it up at the kernel summit... > > Do we need a kernel summit discussion, or do we just need a good > document? Or, to phrase the question another way, are we lacking a > consensus among the clueful regarding how device tree bindings should be > designed, or are we simply lacking education? If it's the latter, I don't > think a kernel summit session will help much. > For my part I lack education, and KS session won't help me as I won't be there, unless the results are written down in a way that lets me get that education. Guenter