[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/3] dm: dts: ls2085a: Bring in ls2085a dts files from linux kernel

Bin Meng
2015-07-08T07:13:16Z

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Wang Haikun <Haikun.Wang@freescale.com> wrote:
> On 6/26/2015 7:53 PM, Haikun Wang wrote:
>> From: Haikun Wang <Haikun.Wang@freescale.com>
>>
>> Bring in required device tree files for ls2085a from Linux.
>> These are initially unchanged and have a number of pieces not needed by U-Boot.
> Hi Simon,
>
> I got below comment when review this patch internal.
> Please help me confirm.
>
> "For new platforms like ARM64, it was discussed to not duplicate the DTS
> in u-boot and Linux, simply because that will break compatibility with
> other bootloaders like Linaro's BootMonitor and UEFI bootloader, which
> do not place the DTS in the bootloader. Also in near future, with DTS
> being replaced by ACPI gradually for ARM64 platforms, it was discussed
> that in a longer run it would be beneficial to move DTS out of both
> u-boot and Linux and maintain it as a separate tree."
>

I think UEFI + ACPI is only required for ARMv8 servers, not for all
ARMv8 processors. Is ls2085a a processor targeting the server market?

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Regards,
Bin