Re: [PATCH 1/2] fdt: Allow stacked overlays phandle references

[David Gibson <david-xT8FGy+AXnRB3Ne2BGzF6laj5H9X9Tb+@public.gmane.org>]

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On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 11:01:48AM -0400, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 02:23:15PM +1000, David Gibson wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 08:38:10PM +0100, Phil Elwell wrote:
> > > Can we also consider a mechanism for overlay-local symbols, i.e. symbols
> > > that are used purely to create links within an overlay - perhaps using a
> > > particular naming convention? This would make it easier to instantiate an
> > > overlay multiple times without having to uniquify all symbols, and it would
> > > avoid polluting the global namespace without reason.
> > 
> > I'd really prefer not to add yet more features and complexity to the
> > existing shoddily designed overlay mechanism.  I'd prefer for people
> > to focus on a better replacement - which includes considering these
> > sorts of use cases and how to handle them.
> 
> Can we go for incremental progress over time instead of replacing what
> was finally accepted?  Maybe one or two concrete examples that need
> improvement upon, and go from there?  Thanks!

As a general rule, I'd agree with that approach, but not this time.
Incremental improvements are great if you have a solid base from which
to work, at the moment we don't.  What we have is a half-arsed hack
that become widely deployed enough that we have to live with it.

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