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SubjectRe: Making ARM multiplatform kernels DT-only?
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:55:15AM +0100, Ben Dooks wrote:
> On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 03:18:53PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > I think what you're proposing is a totally artificial restriction.
> > There's no problem with a kernel supporting DT and non-DT together.
> > We've proven that many many times. I prove it _every_ night that my
> > build and boot system runs - the OMAP LDP boots a multiplatform kernel
> > just fine without DT.
>
> We could have had the same for Samsung's entire range if a bit of work
> had been applied to do things like PAGE_OFFSET and replaceable IRQ
> controllers.

We never did dynamic PAGE_OFFSET because we _had_ taken the decision with
the inclusion of XIP support that we weren't going to have self-modifying
code in the kernel - and loading the offset for every page table walk
would have been very expensive.

The self-modifying code viewpoint seems to have changed as a result of
Nicolas moving jobs, from an employer who wanted XIP to one who wants a
single kernel image, which in itself isn't surprising.


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