[GIT PULL 3/4] Rockchip dts32 changes for 4.14

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Wed Aug 16 14:54:20 PDT 2017


On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Heiko Stuebner <heiko at sntech.de> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 16. August 2017, 23:10:32 CEST schrieb Arnd Bergmann:
> For the "legacy" socs (if that planned psci enablement does actually
> happen), I'd guess a supporting bootloader would just re-set the
> enable-method in the cpu nodes to psci and enable a yet-to-add
> psci node.
>
> So my personal migration strategy would be to leave it like it is
> on the kernel dt-side and let updated firmware wiggle the
> devicetree into form :-) .
>
> That way backwards-compatibility always stays in place and we
> don't require lock-step upgrades of bootloaders ... especially as
> the plethora of old Rockchip boards out there, sometimes even
> uses completely proprietary loaders.

Yes, sounds good. Thanks!

      Arnd



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