[PATCHv7 00/36] ARM: OMAP: clock data conversion to DT
Tero Kristo
t-kristo at ti.com
Thu Oct 10 03:18:06 EDT 2013
On 10/09/2013 09:59 PM, Paul Walmsley wrote:
> Eh, one correction:
>
> On Wed, 9 Oct 2013, Paul Walmsley wrote:
>
>> We could easily wind up with kernels that won't boot at all when used
>> with newer DT data.
>
> This is a misstatement of the issue: the concern here is that newer
> kernels may not boot at all with older DT data - which could easily be in
> locked areas of the flash or firmware.
I wonder who would be crazy enough to put DT data into a locked area,
and to what purpose. If you can update the kernel, there is no point
locking down DT data, this will just cause you unnecessary misery.
-Tero
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