From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Loc Ho <lho@apm.com>
Cc: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com>, Tuan Phan <tphan@apm.com>,
Suman Tripathi <stripathi@apm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver binding documentation
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 21:19:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201311152119.55630.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPw-ZTmkP19O4jAhhPcWStEM+Cy_AtxUFPr_rhR6+6MRe_rXFQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Friday 15 November 2013, Loc Ho wrote:
> Hi,
>
> >> It may be possible from ACPI point of view (hasn't tried yet). But for
> >> DTS, there is no such firmware.
> >
> > Why not? Doesn't any boot loader have to initialize the hardware in order
> > to load a kernel from disk?
> [Loc Ho]
> Not necessary for network booting, SD boot, and USB boot with ramdisk.
But why not just initialize them all if you already have the boot loader
contain all the drivers? There really isn't any difference between
passing an ACPI blob or a DT blob to the kernel, as far as the boot loader
is concerned.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-15 20:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-14 19:31 [PATCH 0/3] ata: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY support Loc Ho
2013-11-14 19:31 ` [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver binding documentation Loc Ho
2013-11-14 19:31 ` [PATCH 2/3] ata: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver Loc Ho
2013-11-14 19:31 ` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY DTS entries Loc Ho
2013-11-15 12:46 ` [PATCH 2/3] ata: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 16:14 ` Loc Ho
[not found] ` <1384457519-21335-2-git-send-email-lho-qTEPVZfXA3Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-15 12:35 ` [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver binding documentation Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 12:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 16:22 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 19:26 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 19:33 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 19:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 20:00 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 20:19 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2013-11-15 20:52 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 12:31 ` [PATCH 0/3] ata: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY support Arnd Bergmann
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