Re: [PATCH 0/3 - V2] Introducing Device Tree Overlays

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date: Wed Nov 06 2013 - 14:02:19 EST


On 05.11.13, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
> The following patchset introduces Device Tree overlays, a method
> of dynamically altering the kernel's live Device Tree, along with
> a generic interface to use it in a board agnostic manner.

In case this has been discussed and I missed it: Why are we doing this?
Isn't it possible to d o the overlay thingy in u-boot and pass a
complete device tree to the kernel?
Are you trying to do something like hotplug-PCI where the PCI card can
be replaced at runtime?

Sebastian
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