Request review of device tree documentation

Vladimir Pantelic pan at nt.tu-darmstadt.de
Wed Jun 16 19:45:00 EST 2010


Mitch Bradley wrote:

>>  I'm also objecting the step (b) and, fortunately, it's not yet the
>>  status quo.
>>  Current U-Boot/kernel implementations I've encountered still do not
>>  have OS calls to resident HW access routines. But if such calls would
>>  be allowed, my impression is that SoC vendors would make extensive use
>>  of them.
>
> One could argue that a feature that vendors would use extensively is one
> that is sorely needed from their point of view.

yes, it would free them from writing these pesky linux drivers and getting
them into mainline :)



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