[PATCH] of/fdt: Add unflatten_partial_device_tree

Grant Likely glikely at secretlab.ca
Tue Jun 29 12:40:00 EST 2010


>> Another question is what to do with the unflattened tree once it is
>> unflattened.  Some of the existing code expects the node to be part of
>> the global tree.  Those could either be refactored, or the new partial
>> tree could be grafted into the global tree.  Grafting will have the
>> least impact, but it probably isn't a good idea in the long term.
>> Grafting together unrelated trees seems messy to me.
>
>I think I must have missed an earlier discussion.  What's the use case
>for multiple fdt blobs?

FPGA on an add-on board in an x86 host.  Device tree fragment describes the fpga design.  There could be multiple boards in a system.

g.



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