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From: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@ardb.de>, Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>,
	Igor Grinberg <grinberg@compulab.co.il>,
	linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: Handling of modular boards
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 23:09:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120504220944.GT14230@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120504203357.6B79B206451@gemini.denx.de>

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On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 10:33:57PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> On the other hand, some of the issues we're trying to solve here
> for the kernel are also present in the boot loader, so this needs to
> do this anyway - whether by inserting new or modifying (enabling or
> disabling) existing properties in the DT is not really relevant here.

FWIW if the bootloader can usefully handle this stuff I think that's a
good approach but there is substantial variation in quality of
implementation between bootloaders and even when the bootloader is a
good one it's not always practical to update it or the data it relies
on.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-05-04 22:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-04 18:58 Handling of modular boards Mark Brown
2012-05-04 19:34 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-05-04 20:07   ` Mark Brown
2012-05-04 20:33   ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-05-04 20:39     ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-05-04 20:54       ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-05-04 21:03         ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-05-04 21:09           ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-04 21:52             ` Mark Brown
2012-05-04 22:09     ` Mark Brown [this message]
2012-05-10 10:41       ` Ben Dooks
2012-05-10 12:40       ` Igor Grinberg
2012-05-10 16:15         ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-11  6:15           ` Igor Grinberg
2012-05-08 12:26   ` Linus Walleij
2012-05-09 17:12     ` Mark Brown
2012-05-04 19:50 ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-04 20:38   ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-05-04 20:59     ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-04 20:44   ` Mark Brown
2012-05-08 12:33     ` Linus Walleij
2012-05-09  8:41     ` Alessandro Rubini
2012-05-10 10:43   ` Ben Dooks
2012-05-10 16:11     ` Stephen Warren
2012-05-04 22:55 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-05-04 23:40   ` Mark Brown
2012-05-04 23:52     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-05-05  0:03       ` Mark Brown

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