[U-Boot-Users] using a flat device tree to drive u-boot config

Scott Wood
2008-07-28T17:32:55Z

Ben Warren wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:07 AM, Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>> One topic that come up during OLS in discussions and u-boot BOF was
>> the idea of driving u-boot configuration from a device tree instead of
>> from "config.h". I was wondering if anyone has actually looked at
>> doing this.
>>
> This sounds like an interesting idea, having a central repo for all
> hardware information. A big problem I see is that while device-tree
> syntax may make sense to Linux kernel propellerheads, to the average
> Joe it's mind-numbing. Config files are ugly, but at least IMHO are
> easy to figure out.

I find a device tree much easier to figure out than a tangled mess of
header files, #defines, and #ifdefs...

-Scott