[sodaville] [PATCH TIP 02/14] x86: Add device tree support

Sebastian Andrzej Siewior bigeasy at linutronix.de
Thu Feb 17 22:31:02 EST 2011


* Grant Likely | 2011-02-16 14:31:26 [-0700]:

>> +config X86_OF
>> +	bool "Support for device tree"
>> +	select OF
>> +	select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
>> +	---help---
>> +	  Device tree support on X86.
>> +
>
>On ARM and MIPS, this is called 'config USE_OF'.  It would be nice to have
>some commonality.  Maybe I should move the user-visible option to
>drivers/of/Kconfig.  Or perhaps I should just make CONFIG_OF itself
>user visible.
>
>thoughts?

We could make CONFIG_OF depend on CONFIG_HAVE_OF_SUPPORT and let OF
select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE if ARCH_WANT_EARLY_FLATTREE for instance. So
that part would work in a generic way.

For OF-only platforms you would have to go to drivers/of
before you can enable the specific SoC/board. So it could lead to
something like "first enable scsi disk before you can enable usb
storage".

I like it :) For now I rename to USE_OF.

>
>g.

Sebastian


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