linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 26/30] ARM: omap: add board autoselection

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Message-ID: <20111004155752.GT6324@atomide.com>
Date:	Tue, 4 Oct 2011 08:57:52 -0700
From:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	"Cousson, Benoit" <b-cousson@...com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"Shilimkar, Santosh" <santosh.shilimkar@...com>,
	"linux-omap@...r.kernel.org" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 26/30] ARM: omap: add board autoselection

* Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> [111004 00:10]:
> On Monday 03 October 2011, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > * Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> [111003 02:20]:
> > > On Monday 03 October 2011 11:27:44 Cousson, Benoit wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > In the long run, I'd hope we can just get rid of these for subarchitectures
> > > > > that support device tree probing and make the device tree based machine
> > > > > description unconditional.
> > > > 
> > > > This is really our goal, we will have soon the board-generic.c for that, 
> > > > someone will just have to migrate these ~30 board files to device tree 
> > > > DTS files 
> > > 
> > > For the purpose of build-time validation using randconfig, there is no
> > > problem in keeping some board files forever, as long as the generic board
> > > file is always built-in.
> > 
> > Yes please leave out the list so we don't need to constantly update it.
> > Let's just always build in MACH_OMAP_GENERIC.
> 
> That's what I had initially, but now that board file has become
> omap2-specific and no longer works on omap3-only or omap4-only
> configurations.

Will send a pull request for basic DT bootstrap support from Benoit
that fixes that. So maybe let's sort that out first, then always
select it?

Regards,

Tony
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