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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next prev 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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