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

Wang Haikun
2015-07-08T07:27:12Z

On 7/8/2015 3:13 PM, Bin Meng wrote:
> 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?
No, at least it's not our major market.
I want to know whether we have made a conclusion that u-boot will not
add Arm64 dts files?

Best regards,
Wang Haikun
>
> [snip]
>
> Regards,
> Bin
>