[PATCH 8/9] Add configurability via devicetree

Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD plagnioj at jcrosoft.com
Mon Jul 15 06:11:19 EDT 2013


On 22:17 Wed 10 Jul     , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 05:50:28PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > > > It's the same binding, yes.
> > > > 
> > > > I do not like to duplicate the information can de avoid this
> > > 
> > > Which information? The Documentation?
> > 
> > no the fact we need to describe the nor-partitions twice, for barebox and for
> > linux in the DTB
> 
> No, barebox should copy (or move) the partition nodes to where Linux
> finds them before starting the kernel. This is not yet implemented
> though.
> 
> Another option of course is to do the obvious and put the partitions
> under the mtd device in the first place. I decided against this since
> I have the strong feeling that the hardware description should be
> separated from clearly board (or project or usecase) specific partition
> descriptions.

here we need to be more generic as it's booloader specific not really barebox
> 
> Sascha
> 
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