Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 3 May 2012 23:23:51 +0900 | | Subject | Re: Making ARM multiplatform kernels DT-only? | | From | Magnus Damm <> |
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On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote: > On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 01:50:35PM +0000, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> My feeling is that we should just mandate DT booting for multiplatform >> kernels, because it significantly reduces the combinatorial space >> at compile time, avoids a lot of legacy board files that we cannot >> test anyway, reduces the total kernel size and gives an incentive >> for people to move forward to DT with their existing boards. > > On this point, I strongly object, especially as I'm one who uses the > existing non-DT multiplatform support extensively. It's really not > a problem for what you're trying to achieve.
Perhaps not so surprisingly, but I'm with Russell on this one.
I'd like our work-in-progress DT support to coexist with all non-DT platforms.
Thanks,
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