From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from az33egw02.freescale.net (az33egw02.freescale.net [192.88.158.103]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "az33egw02.freescale.net", Issuer "Thawte Premium Server CA" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F049B7CF9 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:32:02 +1100 (EST) Received: from de01smr02.am.mot.com (de01smr02.freescale.net [10.208.0.151]) by az33egw02.freescale.net (8.14.3/az33egw02) with ESMTP id o2OIVxKC027482 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:31:59 -0700 (MST) Received: from az33exm25.fsl.freescale.net (az33exm25.am.freescale.net [10.64.32.16]) by de01smr02.am.mot.com (8.13.1/8.13.0) with ESMTP id o2OIepLu019735 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:40:51 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4BAA5A9E.1010209@freescale.com> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:31:58 -0500 From: Timur Tabi MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "M. Warner Losh" Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/fsl: add device tree binding for QE firmware References: <90D93687-940F-47FB-8CEA-F3C065EA611D@kernel.crashing.org> <4BAA4C8A.70104@freescale.com> <20100324.122428.1108826596399277216.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20100324.122428.1108826596399277216.imp@bsdimp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , M. Warner Losh wrote: > Is there some reason that the firmware couldn't be loaded by uboot as > part of its initialization? Unfortunately, our hardware is frequently designed such that the same firmware needs to be loaded by U-Boot and then again by the kernel. -- Timur Tabi Linux kernel developer at Freescale