From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Tull Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] of: dynamic: add overlay-allowed DT property Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 14:12:16 -0600 Message-ID: References: <20171204191357.3211-1-atull@kernel.org> <20171204191357.3211-3-atull@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Rob Herring Cc: Moritz Fischer , Frank Rowand , Pantelis Antoniou , "devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , "linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , linux-fpga-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Rob Herring wrote: > On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Alan Tull wrote: >> Allow DT nodes to be marked as valid targets for DT >> overlays by the added "overlay-allowed" property. > > Why do you need a property for this? I'm not all that keen on putting > this policy into the DT. It can change over time in the kernel. For > example, as we define use cases that work, then we can loosen > restrictions in the kernel. For FPGA regions, I don't need it. Yes, if the other patch is accepted, I'm sure we will hear more from people who will need some specific loosening. I was trying to anticipate that, but I don't have a specific need. Alan > > Rob -- 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