[Ksummit-2013-discuss] ARM topic: Is DT on ARM the solution, or is there something better?

[Jason Gunthorpe]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:04:26AM -0400, Matt Porter wrote:

> DT has many benefits. It would be great to leverage them as long as it
> doesn't interfere with the rate of change and willingness to evolve code
> that's always been the strength of the kernel process. That strength is
> too valuable to trade away for the "DT as ABI" vision.

I agree with this, and have posted similar things before.

The question I asked last time this came up, which was left unaswered:

 Who does this stable DT ABI vision benifit, and how much is that
 benifit worth?

As an embedded ODM, I don't get very much value out of it, and I think
others in my space would say the same.

I continue to think the embedded vs not embedded are different and it
makes no sense to pretend that my embedded system has the same
requirements as something like a chromebook.

Jason