[PATCH 1/2] ARM: mach-imx: Remove board entries in dt_board_compat

Shawn Guo shawn.guo at linaro.org
Mon Aug 13 21:26:51 EDT 2012


On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 04:48:11PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> I think this is needless churn. You can't say board entries are never
> needed. Perhaps we've been overly active in adding all compatible
> strings before they are needed. When you add a new board, it is fine to
> match against the soc string without changing the kernel, but the dtb
> should still have a more specific string. Then if you need to add
> something board specific later, you can add the match entry and
> corresponding board specific code.
> 
I probably haven't made myself clear.  What I'm asking for is merely
removing the board compatible string from dt_board_compat, not from
dtb.  Every single board will still have its specific compatible string
defined in its dts.

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Regards,
Shawn




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