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

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Date:	Fri, 29 May 2009 10:51:14 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	devicetree-discuss <devicetree-discuss@...abs.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>,
	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>,
	Janboe Ye <yuan-bo.ye@...orola.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Device Tree on ARM platform

On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 17:04 +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> 
> We normally hide these subtle details behind a baseboard= kernel
> parameter. I agree with you that it's far better to have a
> standardized
> way to specify this. For my taste the oftree is too bloated for this
> purpose.

Define "bloated" ?

We got a lot of push back on powerpc initially with this exact same
argument "too bloated" but that was never backed up with facts and
numbers, and I would mostly say that nobody makes it anymore now
that it's there and people use it.

Cheers,
Ben.


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