From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: "linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org list" <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: FT u-boot shim
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:28:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060425222841.C2D0E353DAC@atlas.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:42:47 CDT." <DAD4396E-7458-471C-8150-9DDCD396BA63@kernel.crashing.org>
In message <DAD4396E-7458-471C-8150-9DDCD396BA63@kernel.crashing.org> you wrote:
>
> > No. Remove them from the U-Boot tree. I was never happy to see this
> > stuff there.
>
> Then why did you accept the patches for them? I'm confused on what
Because I had neither time nor nerves to discuss with kernel
maintainers how this could be done. Several people asked me again and
again to accept these patches because they were vital for FDT
support, so I gave in.
> you see as the solution for how to boot an arch/powerpc kernel going
> forward.
I strongly agree with Dan and Eugene: the kernel should not depend on
any specific version of a boot loader, and more general not even on
any specific boot loader at all.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
--
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Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-25 22:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-24 17:41 85xx FDT updates? Jon Loeliger
2006-04-24 19:04 ` Vitaly Bordug
2006-04-24 21:43 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-24 22:31 ` Dan Malek
2006-04-25 6:08 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 7:49 ` Eugene Surovegin
2006-04-25 14:05 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 16:12 ` Eugene Surovegin
2006-04-25 16:25 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 16:31 ` Eugene Surovegin
2006-04-25 16:51 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 21:16 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-25 21:19 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 21:34 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-25 16:49 ` Dan Malek
2006-04-25 16:55 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 17:08 ` Eugene Surovegin
2006-04-25 17:39 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 18:01 ` Eugene Surovegin
2006-04-25 18:14 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 18:24 ` Eugene Surovegin
2006-04-25 18:29 ` Brent Cook
2006-04-25 18:33 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 18:53 ` Eugene Surovegin
2006-04-25 19:20 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 19:31 ` Eugene Surovegin
2006-04-25 19:41 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 20:00 ` FT u-boot shim Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 21:30 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-25 21:33 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 21:39 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-25 21:42 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 22:28 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2006-04-26 14:37 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-26 19:19 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-26 19:46 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2006-04-27 18:18 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-27 19:05 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-27 19:20 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-27 19:33 ` Jerry Van Baren
2006-04-27 19:42 ` [U-Boot-Users] " Kumar Gala
2006-04-27 19:43 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-27 20:40 ` Jerry Van Baren
2006-04-27 21:25 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2006-04-27 19:40 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-27 19:46 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-27 19:59 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-27 21:36 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-27 21:55 ` [U-Boot-Users] " Tolunay Orkun
2006-04-25 21:33 ` Mark A. Greer
2006-04-25 21:38 ` Eugene Surovegin
2006-04-28 11:28 ` Paul Mackerras
2006-04-28 16:01 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-28 19:11 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-28 19:44 ` Tom Rini
2006-04-28 23:07 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-28 23:22 ` Tom Rini
2006-04-29 0:32 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-29 0:52 ` Tom Rini
2006-04-29 8:37 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-29 15:33 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-28 23:35 ` Paul Mackerras
2006-04-28 23:55 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-28 19:52 ` Tom Rini
2006-04-25 18:48 ` 85xx FDT updates? Eugene Surovegin
2006-04-25 19:14 ` Andy Fleming
2006-04-25 19:22 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 19:27 ` Eugene Surovegin
2006-04-25 19:58 ` Andy Fleming
2006-04-25 20:04 ` Eugene Surovegin
2006-04-25 21:29 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-25 21:25 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-25 18:31 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 21:24 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-25 21:32 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 21:38 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-25 21:22 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-25 21:29 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 21:36 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-25 21:38 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-25 22:22 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-26 23:27 ` Dan Malek
2006-04-25 21:09 ` Wolfgang Denk
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-04-27 19:30 FT u-boot shim Rune Torgersen
2006-04-27 19:40 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-27 19:45 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-04-27 19:54 ` Kumar Gala
2006-04-27 21:34 ` Wolfgang Denk
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