85xx FDT updates?
Eugene Surovegin
ebs at ebshome.net
Wed Apr 26 05:27:14 EST 2006
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 02:14:28PM -0500, Andy Fleming wrote:
> I think there's some confusion here (at least, I'm confused), so let
> me see if I have this right:
>
> 1) Kumar is advocating the eventual removal of support for booting
> the 85xx CDS and 85xx ADS boards without a flat-device tree
>
> 2) Eugene and Dan say this will break systems that are already deployed
>
> 3) Kumar says that the 85xx CDS and ADS systems are reference
> platforms, and therefore not meant for deployment.
>
> 4) Eugene implies that removal of 85xx CDS and ADS support from arch/
> ppc should be accompanied by some sort of compatibility options for
> booting arch/powerpc Linux from an old u-boot
>
> Do I have this right?
Yes :)
--
Eugene
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