linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Device tree updates for v3.12

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Date:	Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:49:50 +0100
From:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Cc:	Tim Bird <tbird20d@...il.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Theodore Tso <tedtso@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Device tree updates for v3.12

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 9:52 PM, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Tim Bird <tbird20d@...il.com> wrote:
>> Thanks.  This gives me an order-of-magnitude measurement for this sort of thing.
>> I'll measure it directly myself on our hardware as soon as I can.
>>
>> I've heard an ugly rumor that the device tree from our silicon vendor
>> may grow to be
>> as big as 130K in the near future. I'm still following up to see if
>> there's any truth
>> to this (so don't quote me on it), but if it does get that big it
>> might be an issue.  As
>> stated previously, the vast majority of our device tree files consists
>> of values that
>> are not device-specific.
>
> The biggest ones in mainline today compile to a ~30K binary. Not sure
> a vendor expects to add in there to gain another 100KB.

I'll keep an eye on it too. If anyone reports a problem then I'll
revert the patch.

g.
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