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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 06:38:04 +0200
From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
To: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
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        Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, david@lang.hm,
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On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 04:19:31PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> 
> In a perfect world the bootloader would be bug free and always up to 
> date with the best DT data.  In practice I'm very skeptical this will 
> always be the case and painless.  At least the above makes it very 
> simple to have a self contained kernel when (not if) need be.

Yes, my experience with DT on powerpc teaches me that, although DT
sounds wonderful in theory, in practice kernel/dtb/uboot form a love
triangle (or perhaps a hate triangle) where all three points must be
exactly up to date with each other. If one part is even just a month
or two too old/new, then your kernel might not boot.

Richard
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