From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3 - V2] Introducing Device Tree Overlays Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 20:01:52 +0100 Message-ID: <20131106190152.GA8662@breakpoint.cc> References: <1383676898-29819-1-git-send-email-panto@antoniou-consulting.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1383676898-29819-1-git-send-email-panto-wVdstyuyKrO8r51toPun2/C9HSW9iNxf@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Pantelis Antoniou Cc: Grant Likely , Rob Herring , Stephen Warren , Matt Porter , Koen Kooi , Alison Chaiken , Dinh Nguyen , Jan Lubbe , Alexander Sverdlin , Michael Stickel , Guenter Roeck , Dirk Behme , Alan Tull , Sascha Hauer , Michael Bohan , Ionut Nicu , Michal Simek , Matt Ranostay , devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On 05.11.13, Pantelis Antoniou wrote: > The following patchset introduces Device Tree overlays, a method > of dynamically altering the kernel's live Device Tree, along with > a generic interface to use it in a board agnostic manner. In case this has been discussed and I missed it: Why are we doing this? Isn't it possible to d o the overlay thingy in u-boot and pass a complete device tree to the kernel? Are you trying to do something like hotplug-PCI where the PCI card can be replaced at runtime? Sebastian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html