[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <520AC1FE.1030600@zytor.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:32:14 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>
CC: "jonsmirl@...il.com" <jonsmirl@...il.com>,
Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
"ksummit-2013-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org"
<ksummit-2013-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org>,
Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
Pawel Moll <Pawel.Moll@....com>,
Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>,
"rob.herring@...xeda.com" <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@...il.com>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>,
Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>, mbizon@...ebox.fr,
Dave P Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>,
"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] DT bindings as ABI [was: Do we have people
interested in device tree janitoring / cleanup?]
On 08/01/2013 08:50 PM, David Gibson wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 05:26:47PM -0400, jonsmirl@...il.com
> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
>> <linux@....linux.org.uk> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 04:37:36PM -0400, jonsmirl@...il.com
>> wrote:
> [snip]
>> Alternatively you may be of the belief that it is impossible to
>> get rid of the board specific code. But x86 doesn't have any of
>> it, why should ARM?
>
> Sure x86 has board specific code. It's just that x86 basically
> only has one board - PC.
>
That is one aspect (hardware standardization)... but it is more to it
than that.
-hpa
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Powered by blists - more mailing lists