Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 02/11] x86: Add device tree support | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:28:48 +1100 |
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On Sun, 2010-11-28 at 14:49 +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > > >(*) That brings a separate topic we shall discuss: A consistent way for > >versionning the device-tree would be really useful. > This isn't a problem unless you move nodes or deprecate them, right? Or > do you think about another reason to versionning the device-tree?.
Move nodes, deprecate them, yes, but also maybe fix bugs/typos etc...
For most of these, of course, fixup code can figure things out without a version. The version has a couple of (minor) advantages, such as being something easier to get into a bug report rather than the whole tree, for distro who may want to manage a "pool" of these, or maybe a "generic" way to provide dtb "overrides" ...
Ben.
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