Re: [PATCH v3 07/24] C6X: devicetree support

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wednesday 28 September 2011, Mark Salter wrote:
> > Other architectures allow simply appending the device tree to the
> > kernel image file, which is more convenient for users and does
> > not require much kernel support. Have you tried this?
> 
> Well, I considered it. My main reason for doing it this way was one of
> debugging convenience. The debugger loads an ELF file and while I was
> making lots of device tree changes in the tree and in the code, it was
> more convenient to have one ELF file to deal with rather than an ELF
> file and a dtb. And the thought was to get rid of it altogether once
> bootloader support comes along. Maybe the thing to do would be to just
> rip it out of the kernel. It can almost as easily be post-processing
> step outside the kernel.

Ok, if you plan to properly support it in the boot loader anyway,
that's probably the best option.

	Arnd
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