linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the arm-soc tree with the i2c-embedded tree

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Message-ID: <50069361.1080509@linaro.org>
Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:43:45 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
CC:	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...escale.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@...aro.org>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...dd.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the arm-soc tree with the i2c-embedded
 tree

On 18/07/12 11:33, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:29:26AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
>> On 18/07/12 10:59, Mark Brown wrote:
>
>>> It's not the using device tree bit that creates concern for me here,
>>> it's the fact that the board and silicon aren't being separated.
>
>> What's the difference?
>
>>> +- db8500.dtsi       // silicon
>>> \	
>>> +-- snowball.dts    // board
>
> I have glanced at some of this stuff in the past, thanks.  Now think how
> that's working for people when they put the configuration for the
> silicon in the same DT node as the configuration for the board...

Granted, ideally the configuration and silicon description should be 
separated. I don't know that is the case for us yet however. That is 
something I'll enforce when we have a new dts file, which will be coming 
very soon.

-- 
Lee Jones
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