From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com>,
Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com>,
Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>,
Matt Porter <matt.porter@linaro.org>,
Koen Kooi <koen@dominion.thruhere.net>,
Alison Chaiken <Alison_Chaiken@mentor.com>,
Dinh Nguyen <dinh.linux@gmail.com>, Jan Lubbe <jluebbe@lasnet.de>,
Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@nsn.com>,
Michael Stickel <ms@mycable.de>,
Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@gmail.com>,
Alan Tull <delicious.quinoa@gmail.com>,
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
Michael Bohan <mbohan@codeaurora.org>,
Ionut Nicu <ioan.nicu.ext@nsn.com>,
Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>,
Matt Ranostay <mranostay@gmail.com>,
"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Pete Popov <pete.popov@konsulko.com>,
Dan Malek <dan.malek@konsulko.com>, Georgi Vlaev <georgi>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] OF: Introduce DT overlay support.
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 06:18:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53736D42.1010302@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdXfNXB7s71+joCpkZrzPCJQFyNv3+bj+=usORRScZsHZQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 05/14/2014 06:03 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Grant Likely
> <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:
>>> +config OF_OVERLAY
>>> + bool "OF overlay support"
>>> + depends on OF
>>> + select OF_DYNAMIC
>>> + select OF_DEVICE
>>> + select OF_RESOLVE
>>> + help
>>> + OpenFirmware overlay support. Allows you to modify on runtime the
>>> + live tree using overlays.
>>
>> Should not be a user-visable option. Drivers using it should select it
>
> Why not? It's up to the (final) user to use it, or not.
>
>> or otherwise cause it to be enabled.
>
> Why should this be driver-specific? Shouldn't this just work with all drivers?
>
It does once enabled.
I think what Grant refers to is that there has to be a driver which implements
the actual overlay insertion and removal (ie calls the new API functions),
and that the Kconfig option for this driver should select OF_OVERLAY
instead of depending on it.
Guenter
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-14 13:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-04 12:43 [PATCH v4 0/8] Introducing (yet again) Device Tree Overlays Pantelis Antoniou
2014-04-04 12:43 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] OF: Introduce Device Tree resolve support Pantelis Antoniou
[not found] ` <1396615441-29630-1-git-send-email-pantelis.antoniou-OWPKS81ov/FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2014-04-04 12:43 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] OF: Introduce DT overlay support Pantelis Antoniou
2014-05-14 10:08 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <20140514100856.5198DC4153D-WNowdnHR2B42iJbIjFUEsiwD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-14 12:11 ` Michael Stickel
[not found] ` <53735D88.5090108-g5CePrrZ5ROELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-14 15:49 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <20140514154907.BC65DC40BD2-WNowdnHR2B42iJbIjFUEsiwD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-14 16:13 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-05-15 7:14 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2014-05-14 13:03 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-14 13:18 ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
[not found] ` <53736D42.1010302-0h96xk9xTtrk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-15 7:15 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2014-05-14 15:34 ` Grant Likely
2014-05-15 7:12 ` Pantelis Antoniou
[not found] ` <E204285C-D6CD-4518-A94F-26BF0570C1B1-OWPKS81ov/FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-15 7:20 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
[not found] ` <CAMuHMdUWfQ=2xPhNsS36mT6nv-CfR3_1exZ+5qYgdkjbBntrWg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-16 10:58 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <20140516105814.3EA3FC403C2-WNowdnHR2B42iJbIjFUEsiwD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-16 11:52 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-20 5:50 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <20140520055026.E3A98C412DA-WNowdnHR2B42iJbIjFUEsiwD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-20 7:38 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
[not found] ` <CAMuHMdXjWENrq0MW-DU2x7WnaCsWyipN4DO=y0ZTL+3G_fPYGg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-26 10:48 ` Grant Likely
2014-05-26 10:57 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
[not found] ` <CAMuHMdUGdjVKBR5rRzZ274rf7p8XfztNRWEojH1RrZV8c_V1uA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-26 11:08 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2014-05-26 11:23 ` Grant Likely
2014-05-26 11:55 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2014-05-26 15:09 ` Sebastian Reichel
[not found] ` <20140526150942.GA26787-SfvFxonMDyemK9LvCR3Hrw@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-26 15:14 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-05-26 23:00 ` Sebastian Reichel
2014-05-26 15:14 ` Pantelis Antoniou
[not found] ` <A6195DFD-0447-4444-AC09-501C43F09924-OWPKS81ov/FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-26 21:33 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <20140526213303.C1C73C40E11-WNowdnHR2B42iJbIjFUEsiwD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-26 21:44 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-26 23:47 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-05-27 12:11 ` Grant Likely
2014-05-26 22:36 ` Sebastian Reichel
[not found] ` <20140526223630.GA32691-SfvFxonMDyemK9LvCR3Hrw@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-26 23:42 ` Guenter Roeck
[not found] ` <5383D174.8070304-0h96xk9xTtrk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-27 0:32 ` Sebastian Reichel
[not found] ` <20140527003219.GD32691-SfvFxonMDyemK9LvCR3Hrw@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-27 0:54 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-05-27 12:12 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <20140527121236.3B818C40A5A-WNowdnHR2B42iJbIjFUEsiwD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-27 12:24 ` Pantelis Antoniou
[not found] ` <9CF30A1A-5EB6-401E-A0D5-453CB99B4A83-OWPKS81ov/FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-27 15:21 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-05-27 15:38 ` Pantelis Antoniou
[not found] ` <20140527152115.GA30180-0h96xk9xTtrk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-27 17:52 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-27 18:22 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-05-27 20:11 ` Grant Likely
2014-05-20 12:27 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2014-05-15 14:18 ` Grant Likely
2014-04-04 12:43 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] OF: DT-Overlay configfs interface Pantelis Antoniou
2014-04-04 12:43 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] OF: platform: Add overlay bus handler Pantelis Antoniou
2014-04-04 12:43 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] of: i2c: Export single device registration method Pantelis Antoniou
2014-04-04 12:43 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] OF: i2c: Add overlay bus handler Pantelis Antoniou
2014-04-04 12:44 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] OF: spi: " Pantelis Antoniou
2014-04-04 12:44 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] OF: selftest: Add overlay self-test support Pantelis Antoniou
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