Re: Handling of modular boards

From: Wolfgang Denk
Date: Fri May 04 2012 - 16:39:18 EST


Dear Stephen,

In message <4FA432E9.9050606@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote:
>
> representation of how to identify the child boards, and then have the
> kernel only use/parse certain chunks of the DT based on the ID results.

I expect that this will quickly cause problems, for example in those
many cases where pins and peripheral functions are multiplexed, or
usable for different purposes. I would not want to maintain a DT that
has to describe all combinations used by some boards - in a way that
does not cause conflicts on either of them.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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