linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] arm64: dts: qcom: msm8939-samsung-a7: Add initial dts

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:   Mon, 26 Jun 2023 01:05:22 +0100
From:   Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>
To:     Stephan Gerhold <stephan@...hold.net>
Cc:     "Lin, Meng-Bo" <linmengbo0689@...tonmail.com>, agross@...nel.org,
        andersson@...nel.org, conor+dt@...nel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, konrad.dybcio@...aro.org,
        krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nikita@...n.ru, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        ~postmarketos/upstreaming@...ts.sr.ht
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] arm64: dts: qcom: msm8939-samsung-a7: Add initial
 dts

On 25/06/2023 20:43, Stephan Gerhold wrote:
> Is it really worth it to support a half-working bootloader though?

> No one will ever be able to use this properly without fixing the
> bootloader. SMP doesn't work with the stock bootloader, many devices
> need display panel selection in the bootloader and on some Samsung
> devices there is not even USB and UART without special fixes in the
> bootloader.

Why set the bar higher than necessary to boot a kernel though ?

Its two lines in a dts.

---
bod