[PATCH] powerpc/fsl: add device tree binding for QE firmware

[Scott Wood]

Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> As far as I can see, you want that indirection node so that you
> safe space in the DTB.

Probably more of a general desire to not duplicate things that don't 
need to be duplicated...  I don't think the space issue is critical in 
this particular case.

> With real OF it is trivial to not have
> multiple copies of the data if you want a few properties with
> the same data.  There is no reason this could not be done in DTB
> as well (and some way in DTS to express that, or maybe the tools
> could auto-detect it, whatever).

You object to some slight complexity in the device binding, and want to 
replace it with an incompatible, more complex change to the blob format?

>>> That is a good question.  Why is it necessary to pass the blob via the
>>> tree?
>> Because sometimes the firmware is needed before networking or serial I/O
>> can function.
> 
> Can't you link it into the kernel then?  Seems a better place for
> it to me.  Of course you said something about GPL, heh.

U-Boot needs it too.

-Scott