linux-kernel - Re: device tree not the answer in the ARM world [was: Re: running Debian on a Cubieboard]

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Date:	Mon, 6 May 2013 21:56:57 +0100
From:	Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@...l.net>
To:	Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>
Cc:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton@...il.com>,
	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>,
	David Goodenough <david.goodenough@...onnect.com>,
	debian-arm@...ts.debian.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux on small ARM machines 
	<arm-netbook@...ts.phcomp.co.uk>
Subject: Re: device tree not the answer in the ARM world [was: Re: running
 Debian on a Cubieboard]

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Lennart Sorensen
<lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

>> And neither is the same as the quality or sustainability of the
>> resulting software. But if the product line will be be discontinued
>> three months after its introduction, who cares about being able to
>> maintain anything?
>
> Sounds good to me.  Those that think devicetree will never work can go
> do whatever they want with the hardware they have from the makers of
> cheap junk with no expected lifetime in the market.  The rest of us can
> go focus on making something efficient and usable long term.

 ahh, lennart, it's a pity we were writing at the same time.  i'd be
interested to hear your honest thoughts and opinions on my reply to
rob.

 l.
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