Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760338Ab2EDWJw (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 May 2012 18:09:52 -0400 Received: from opensource.wolfsonmicro.com ([80.75.67.52]:49142 "EHLO opensource.wolfsonmicro.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760322Ab2EDWJu (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 May 2012 18:09:50 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 23:09:45 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Wolfgang Denk Cc: Arnd Bergmann , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Lee Jones , Samuel Ortiz , Arnd Bergmann , Olof Johansson , Stephen Warren , Igor Grinberg , linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Walleij Subject: Re: Handling of modular boards Message-ID: <20120504220944.GT14230@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> References: <20120504185850.GO14230@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <201205041934.08830.arnd@arndb.de> <20120504203357.6B79B206451@gemini.denx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="z4IKABJTiQIqPwmW" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120504203357.6B79B206451@gemini.denx.de> X-Cookie: Advancement in position. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1939 Lines: 46 --z4IKABJTiQIqPwmW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 10:33:57PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > On the other hand, some of the issues we're trying to solve here > for the kernel are also present in the boot loader, so this needs to > do this anyway - whether by inserting new or modifying (enabling or > disabling) existing properties in the DT is not really relevant here. FWIW if the bootloader can usefully handle this stuff I think that's a good approach but there is substantial variation in quality of implementation between bootloaders and even when the bootloader is a good one it's not always practical to update it or the data it relies on. --z4IKABJTiQIqPwmW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPpFOhAAoJEBus8iNuMP3dNGgP/RHKJm8DcKwJty4RYxiBAS0s TvjEl2N9XJCR7CGrgWbnHJdOxKPsBNpXkcUnIACGZUWuGH+zge+P4SvVOIXIAjGz gjL+n6LfHHxC6hMjAjRR2ricKeHbA/ufBJRW7IwpaTmLTqPcw7sYSRPTe4jVLCgV kkRZhMqxZ3MgVwFECQLdZhSWe56zr0tE3v8j1LrO1XKP3AUXNnqD9GsPdHKJd1RF lVRkzBbVidl06WAuvy858Ps033orXciQMyFPJDpBqDDdjr1Na7UeuHPCgYDmdszB FvFSRATQZ+T6fDxOKLtlznXc+gRhY5m+E0o3xdO00GmEre5QQWeQbZvi0qyxeg2/ zB+2FaTrHIDpWGjka6l5lT8dZnAwE+J9h0B/MLOFcDgfn0/7zqcEfquiFrHou/BN 8xvniqKyCpzoRks8Cr+ZGkgGJUy2+mMC7ncpY9MnxTRbWFWAX/Nuh3YmQ24doW2N osl/M+vK1Aq5k6xUFtgOVjmbBzQSixpzv486WwbxW3N4RueeRHOgV17isCdDEhg1 Z7AwG1OPenENs+Wx33z8Jykk+XgR6whlUaJFbmxiGQyuwjCMBb22vjODc9eLHjlg gzmRHh0i/O1orFb8ZGoC/ZM2m5vDXFXFG/rfu+E25HHZ+1zT9C2u0ZmhI1QEy8X4 dMoj3if58WZeE6lhgeeQ =HT04 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --z4IKABJTiQIqPwmW-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/