From: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
To: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com>,
frowand.list@gmail.com
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>,
Koen Kooi <koen@dominion.thruhere.net>,
Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@atmel.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Matt Porter <matt.porter@linaro.org>,
Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] of: DT quirks infrastructure
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:23:47 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54E73563.5070404@hurleysoftware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <23825C6A-7FF1-4D06-8802-F6964F71B97C@konsulko.com>
On 02/19/2015 09:41 AM, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>
>> On Feb 19, 2015, at 04:08 , Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/18/2015 6:59 AM, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
>>> Implement a method of applying DT quirks early in the boot sequence.
>>>
>>> A DT quirk is a subtree of the boot DT that can be applied to
>>> a target in the base DT resulting in a modification of the live
>>> tree. The format of the quirk nodes is that of a device tree overlay.
>>
>> The use of the word "quirk" is a different mental model for me than what
>> this patch series appears to be addressing. I would suggest totally
>> removing the word "quirk" from this proposal to avoid confusing the
>> mental models of future generations of kernel folks.
>>
>
> Naming things is hard to do. Suggestions?
variant
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-20 13:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-18 14:59 [PATCH 0/4] Device Tree Quirks & the Beaglebone Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-18 14:59 ` [PATCH 1/4] arm: of: Add a DT quirk method after unflattening Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-18 14:59 ` [PATCH 2/4] of: DT quirks infrastructure Pantelis Antoniou
[not found] ` <1424271576-1952-3-git-send-email-pantelis.antoniou-OWPKS81ov/FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-18 15:41 ` Mark Rutland
2015-02-18 15:53 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-18 16:32 ` Ludovic Desroches
2015-02-18 16:39 ` Pantelis Antoniou
[not found] ` <A5D4ED10-F3EB-4DA8-A846-C28842BDAA9F-OWPKS81ov/FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-18 16:47 ` Ludovic Desroches
[not found] ` <FE61DD1C-51DA-4869-8A62-C019C3D70577-OWPKS81ov/FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-18 16:46 ` Matt Porter
2015-02-18 17:31 ` Mark Rutland
2015-02-18 19:32 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-19 14:29 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 16:48 ` Frank Rowand
[not found] ` <54E613E7.2020405-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-19 17:00 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 17:30 ` Frank Rowand
2015-02-19 17:38 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 18:01 ` Maxime Bizon
[not found] ` <1424368919.13604.9.camel-MdnFuL0m/hCw+z8RR+d9WEZ2mhrpEnA6@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-19 18:12 ` Sylvain Rochet
2015-02-19 18:22 ` Maxime Bizon
2015-02-20 14:21 ` Peter Hurley
[not found] ` <54E742F2.80506-WaGBZJeGNqdsbIuE7sb01tBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-20 14:35 ` Ludovic Desroches
[not found] ` <20150220143533.GA29908-FuRPzXQv2LUWBfJKYY8PcdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-20 15:00 ` Peter Hurley
2015-02-20 15:02 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-20 15:24 ` Peter Hurley
2015-02-20 15:38 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-20 16:34 ` Peter Hurley
2015-02-20 16:49 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-20 17:30 ` Rob Herring
2015-02-20 17:37 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-23 7:00 ` Ludovic Desroches
2015-02-20 16:47 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-20 18:09 ` Peter Hurley
[not found] ` <54E77876.9020500-WaGBZJeGNqdsbIuE7sb01tBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-20 18:48 ` Guenter Roeck
[not found] ` <20150220184818.GC26698-0h96xk9xTtrk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-23 7:30 ` Ludovic Desroches
2015-02-20 14:38 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-20 8:04 ` Ludovic Desroches
2015-02-19 2:08 ` Frank Rowand
2015-02-19 14:41 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 16:40 ` Frank Rowand
[not found] ` <54E61200.4010002-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-19 16:51 ` Frank Rowand
2015-02-20 13:23 ` Peter Hurley [this message]
[not found] ` <54E54586.5070602-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-19 18:01 ` Rob Herring
2015-02-19 18:12 ` Guenter Roeck
[not found] ` <CAL_JsqKT3+URcad6X=i+73NLRnVstbpvFJxxT=ru7KJmp_XuVQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-20 8:16 ` Ludovic Desroches
2015-02-18 14:59 ` [PATCH 3/4] arm: am33xx: DT quirks for am33xx based beaglebone variants Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 18:16 ` Tony Lindgren
2015-02-19 18:28 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 18:36 ` Tony Lindgren
[not found] ` <20150219183600.GG32521-4v6yS6AI5VpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-19 18:44 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-23 18:39 ` Peter Hurley
2015-02-23 18:48 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 18:57 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-20 16:13 ` Jon Hunter
[not found] ` <1424271576-1952-1-git-send-email-pantelis.antoniou-OWPKS81ov/FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-18 14:59 ` [PATCH 4/4] arm: dts: Common Black/White Beaglebone DTS using quirks Pantelis Antoniou
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