From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from phobos.denx.de (phobos.denx.de [85.214.62.61]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77F18C77B73 for ; Tue, 2 May 2023 12:41:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from h2850616.stratoserver.net (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by phobos.denx.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD54784684; Tue, 2 May 2023 14:41:42 +0200 (CEST) Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=suse.de Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=u-boot-bounces@lists.denx.de Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de header.b="pb9RKEkD"; dkim=permerror (0-bit key) header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de header.b="3+nYtRIb"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by phobos.denx.de (Postfix, from userid 109) id 3040F82A2C; Tue, 2 May 2023 14:41:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp-out1.suse.de (smtp-out1.suse.de [195.135.220.28]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by phobos.denx.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7A82D84684 for ; Tue, 2 May 2023 14:41:37 +0200 (CEST) Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=suse.de Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=schwab@suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (relay2.suse.de [149.44.160.134]) by smtp-out1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EDF622195; Tue, 2 May 2023 12:41:37 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_rsa; t=1683031297; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=V5gP/GL8hcck833m519ziPKNIp3JyNAqcURDdl3HUAs=; b=pb9RKEkDJHu7Mj4JX0UmQEH75mAYNdvxVUi3ZRqA8uqSPe1rYafMBk+7jyecCiGbXtTu1S /7Z0iqqahmWv91PJwlICBHV8C/pCB2q0XJHvitaT9pawlOYOVir8oPUg+qKbOu5lsAZ+xc oQhgFK914aiZFK5i3LYHDj26Np26LFA= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_ed25519; t=1683031297; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=V5gP/GL8hcck833m519ziPKNIp3JyNAqcURDdl3HUAs=; b=3+nYtRIbnaf4sXIm0yz6FfuGMktVbPnovQvWIYGShEA+q07E3mu5+q07T3A3sFjekQm3qM lIOmhQI0+1EQ8wDw== Received: from hawking.suse.de (unknown [10.168.4.11]) by relay2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C27C42C141; Tue, 2 May 2023 12:41:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by hawking.suse.de (Postfix, from userid 17005) id EC2E14A0372; Tue, 2 May 2023 14:41:35 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Schwab To: Matthias Brugger Cc: yanhong wang , Torsten Duwe , u-boot@lists.denx.de, Rick Chen , Leo , Lukasz Majewski , Sean Anderson , Lee Kuan Lim , Jianlong Huang , Emil Renner Berthing Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/17] Basic StarFive JH7110 RISC-V SoC support In-Reply-To: <230f4552-0e89-438e-c9b7-e8b8061713ba@gmail.com> (Matthias Brugger's message of "Fri, 14 Apr 2023 17:05:15 +0200") References: <20230329034224.26545-1-yanhong.wang@starfivetech.com> <20230329114138.3458974f@blackhole.lan> <20230412195047.60243174@blackhole.lan> <20230413110317.42581eaa@blackhole.lan> <230f4552-0e89-438e-c9b7-e8b8061713ba@gmail.com> X-Yow: Am I elected yet? Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 14:41:35 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: u-boot@lists.denx.de X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.39 Precedence: list List-Id: U-Boot discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: u-boot-bounces@lists.denx.de Sender: "U-Boot" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.103.8 at phobos.denx.de X-Virus-Status: Clean On Apr 14 2023, Matthias Brugger wrote: > My opinion isIn my opinion user-friendlyness is more important then > developer friendly that from an end-user point of view it's much easier to > have one binary that works on all different board versions. If not users > will have to know which board version they have to flash the correct > U-Boot. As long as the kernel uses separate device trees, U-Boot needs to know which one to load. As it currently stands, U-Boot uses the wrong name that does not match either of the names used by the kernel, which means it will not be able find any of them. -- Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, schwab@suse.de GPG Key fingerprint = 0196 BAD8 1CE9 1970 F4BE 1748 E4D4 88E3 0EEA B9D7 "And now for something completely different."