Re: Handling of modular boards

From: Mark Brown
Date: Fri May 04 2012 - 18:09:47 EST


On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 10:33:57PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> On the other hand, some of the issues we're trying to solve here
> for the kernel are also present in the boot loader, so this needs to
> do this anyway - whether by inserting new or modifying (enabling or
> disabling) existing properties in the DT is not really relevant here.

FWIW if the bootloader can usefully handle this stuff I think that's a
good approach but there is substantial variation in quality of
implementation between bootloaders and even when the bootloader is a
good one it's not always practical to update it or the data it relies
on.

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