On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 09:15:17AM -0600, Scott Wood wrote:
> David Gibson wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 04:54:27PM -0600, Scott Wood wrote:
> >> Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > [snip]
> >> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/adder875-redboot.dts
> >> b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/adder875-redboot.dts
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..4d28220
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/adder875-redboot.dts
> > [snip]
> >> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/adder875-uboot.dts
> >> b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/adder875-uboot.dts
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..33d198c
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/adder875-uboot.dts
> >
> > Having two different device trees for the different firmwares is
> > pretty yucky, and could be a pain in the bum for synchronization of
> > fixes.
>
> Yes, that's why we need some sort of macro/template facility in dtc. :-)
>
> > Can't you have a common tree, and just poke the places that
> > are differently configured by the two firmwares from the bootwrapper.
>
> Enh. That can get icky as well, and the bootwrapper isn't necessarily
> even used for u-boot, and I'd rather not require it be used just for this.
So make the template in the u-boot form, and poke it as necessary from
the redboot wrapper.
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