linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: at91: Add GARDENA smart Gateway AT91SAM board

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:51:16 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Reto Schneider <code@...o-schneider.ch>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Reto Schneider <reto.schneider@...qvarnagroup.com>,
        Stefan Roese <sr@...x.de>,
        Michael Zimmermann <michael.zimmermann@...ndcentrix.net>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...rochip.com>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: at91: Add GARDENA smart Gateway AT91SAM board

On 19/08/2020 11:04:48+0200, Reto Schneider wrote:
> Hi Alexandre,
> 
> On 8/17/20 12:21 PM, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> > Thank you for this submission.
> 
> Thanks a lot for the feedback.
> 
> I will send a v2.
> 
> > Overall, I'm not convinced it is a good idea to start from
> > at91sam9x5ek.dtsi as it makes you dtb bigger than necessary but if you
> > want it that way, I'm fine with that.
> 
> Because using at91sam9x5ek.dtsi saves some code (maintenance effort?!) I
> am willing to accept the extra binary size.
> However, if you think that this causes the maintenance efforts to be
> greater than when doing it your way, I'd be up for changing it.
> 

I'd say at91sam9x5ek.dtsi has very little chances to change and even if
this is the case, it will probably not break your device tree but it is
still a possibility.

As said, I'll let you choose.


-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com