From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 27/27] remove bi_enet*addr from global data for all arches
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:00:59 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4999B7EB.2060602@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200902161357.54008.vapier@gentoo.org>
Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Monday 16 February 2009 13:16:38 Scott Wood wrote:
>> This will break compatibility with pre-device-tree kernels.
>>
>> bd_t is a public interface, albeit a deprecated one.
>
> the fact that the size can change based on board configs makes it already a
> pretty unreliable ABI ...
Sure, that's why it's deprecated. :-)
> at any rate, is there a define that can be keyed off of ? CONFIG_HAS_FDT or
> some such junk ? then the behavior can be changed to like:
> #ifndef CONFIG_HAS_FDT
> /* ABI compat junk */
> uchar bi_padding_was_enetaddr[6];
> #endif
Why not just leave the bd_t alone, until such a time as we can get rid
of it altogether?
Note that just because we support booting with device trees doesn't mean
we don't also support booting legacy kernels.
-Scott
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-16 19:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-14 7:22 [U-Boot] [PATCH 00/27] standardize mac address handling in u-boot Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 01/27] net: new utility functions for working with enetaddr's Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 22:28 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-17 0:00 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-17 0:13 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-17 0:20 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-17 0:26 ` Scott Wood
2009-02-17 0:29 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-17 0:37 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-17 7:31 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 02/27] doc/README.enetaddr: document proper MAC usage Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 22:38 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-17 0:12 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 03/27] Blackfin: bfin_mac: force boards to setup the MAC themselves Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 04/27] net: get mac address from environment and use eth util funcs Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 05/27] bdinfo: get mac address from environment Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 06/27] bootvx: " Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 07/27] lynxkdi: " Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 08/27] nvedit: do not update global bi_enetaddr and do not call eth_set_enetaddr() Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 09/27] AmigaOneG3SE/enet: get mac address from environment Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 10/27] boards: " Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 22:46 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-16 23:55 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 11/27] drivers/net/: " Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 12/27] bcm570x: " Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 13/27] cs8900: " Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 14/27] sh_eth: " Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 15/27] lan91c96/smc91111/smc911x: " Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:22 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 16/27] cpu/: " Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 22:52 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-16 23:56 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:23 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 17/27] npe: " Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:23 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 18/27] lib_*/board.c: do not initialize bi_enet*addr in global data Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:23 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 19/27] nx823: get mac address from environment Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:23 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 20/27] arm: " Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:23 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 21/27] cmc_pu2: " Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 22:56 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-17 0:03 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:23 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 22/27] pcs440ep: get mac address from environment and move load_sernum_ethaddr() to board init Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 22:57 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-17 0:05 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-17 0:16 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-17 0:22 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-17 0:31 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-17 13:42 ` Stefan Roese
2009-02-18 22:17 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-18 22:36 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-18 22:41 ` Ben Warren
2009-02-18 22:49 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-18 22:54 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-19 0:06 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-19 1:45 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-19 12:12 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-19 12:31 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2009-02-19 12:52 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-19 13:08 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-14 7:23 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 23/27] kup4k/kup4x: rename load_sernum_ethaddr() to kup_load_sernum_ethaddr() Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 22:58 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-14 7:23 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 24/27] tqm8xx: rename load_sernum_ethaddr() to tqc_load_sernum_ethaddr() Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 22:58 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-14 7:23 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 25/27] ppc: do not initialize bi_enet*addr in global data Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 7:23 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 26/27] drop now unused load_sernum_ethaddr() function Mike Frysinger
2009-02-14 9:22 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2009-02-14 18:03 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 22:58 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-14 7:23 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 27/27] remove bi_enet*addr from global data for all arches Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 18:16 ` Scott Wood
2009-02-16 18:57 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 19:00 ` Scott Wood [this message]
2009-02-16 19:29 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 19:47 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-16 19:59 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 20:14 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-16 20:49 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 20:54 ` Scott Wood
2009-02-16 21:13 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 21:03 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-16 21:18 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 23:13 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-17 0:18 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-17 0:27 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-02-17 1:49 ` Kim Phillips
2009-02-17 3:24 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-02-16 19:24 ` Wolfgang Denk
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