[SLOF] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH v4] board-qemu: add private hcall to inform host on "phandle" update

Thomas Huth thuth at redhat.com
Wed Sep 27 20:26:09 AEST 2017


On 27.09.2017 11:30, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 04:15:43PM +1000, David Gibson wrote:
>> 2. At quiesce time, SLOF will linearize it's current version of the DT
>>    and submit it to H_UPDATE_DT
> 
> That will work.  It's a big hammer, but that also means it will solve
> many related future problems.  I like it :-)

... it's likely just yet another slow-down to the boot process.
Linearizing the whole DT in Forth might take a while, I guess.

 Thomas


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