From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jarkko Nikula Subject: Re: beagleboard expansion boards, was Trying to understand how to use new OMAP mux code Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 17:14:27 +0300 Message-ID: <20100602171427.5024be97.jhnikula@gmail.com> References: <738b3f7e1003111424t34326158j570980c691a98853@mail.gmail.com> <20100311224812.GU2900@atomide.com> <4C062DD4.2050701@cioinfoindus.fr> <20100602112130.GG5980@atomide.com> <20100602144606.4287c438.jhnikula@gmail.com> <3BC7A992-11AB-4EBF-B7A5-4C4B1498CC58@student.utwente.nl> <20100602161418.c6af218b.jhnikula@gmail.com> <20100602135709.GK5980@atomide.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f223.google.com ([209.85.219.223]:65519 "EHLO mail-ew0-f223.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751440Ab0FBOL6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:11:58 -0400 Received: by ewy23 with SMTP id 23so642980ewy.1 for ; Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:11:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100602135709.GK5980@atomide.com> Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org To: Tony Lindgren Cc: Koen Kooi , Laurent Epinat , linux-omap@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:57:10 +0300 Tony Lindgren wrote: > > Problem is that amount of expansion boards is practically unlimited so > > patching bootloader and board file could come quite maintenance effort. > > > > Of course there are some lets say generic boards but bunch of in-house, > > DIY, etc. boards and there is no point to patch common bootloader and > > kernel board files because of them. > > Just saveenv the kernel cmdline options in u-boot? > I meant that if kernel module could do muxing then there is no need the user to change muxings for different add-on boards. Works fine if you have one board but how about when amount of expansion boards grow? -- Jarkko