linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Device Tree on ARM platform

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Date:	Thu, 28 May 2009 12:33:35 +0200
From:	Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@...gutronix.de>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, devicetree-discuss@...abs.org,
	linux@....linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk, scottwood@...escale.com,
	yuan-bo.ye@...orola.com, timur@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Device Tree on ARM platform

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 08:11:33PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> The possibilities are endless. _BUT_ it does require some careful
> thinking to get things right. To that extent, I do agree with Russell
> that rather than a "violent" conversion, ARM should first try things out
> as an opt-in for a few platforms and see how it goes.

I think that the overall discussion goes into a very good direction.

The level of agreement is not as low as it might look like, I agree with
most of what David Gibson, benh and rmk have said so far; the problems
we've seen have been well identified. In the end it's probably a matter
of finding enough time to actually implement for example a prototype for
PXA.

rsc
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