Hi Peter, On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 9:34 AM Peter Robinson <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 6:57 PM Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> wrote: > > > > Hi Tom, > > > > On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 06:11, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 08:19:11PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote: > > > > > > [snip] > > > > The new DT nodes / SMBIOS binding [1] allows for the correct > > > > information to be provided, though. > > > [snip] > > > > [1] > > > > https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/blob/master/doc/device-tree-bindings/sysinfo/smbios.txt > > > > > > I think the only feedback I can give on your message here is to please > > > go upstream that binding, and then we can see what to do afterwards. > > > > I am still tearing my hair out waiting for the reserved-memory and > > binman patches to be accepted. Every few weeks there is another > > comment, but no action. Rob seems to be the only one engaged. > > > > Perhaps I should do a conference talk about what is wrong with DT? > > This is my experience so far: > > > > - there is no urgency to apply anything > > - no one wins acclaim for applying a patch > > - everyone complains later if a patch is applied that they didn't agree with > > - people chime in wanting to understand the use case, but don't/can't/won't > > - any sort of expressed doubt results in delay > > - maintainers hope that the submitter will lose interest and go away > > - not enough people add review tags, even if they look at it > > ... because they are worried about looking bad to others on the ML > > You miss this: > * Patch submitter ignores questions, feedback, concerns from > maintainers to the point that people mute the thread
Sure, I can add that. It would be great to get the other side of the story here, from the schema maintainers. > > > I would be happy to discuss how to improve matters, but that is what I see. > > > > Anyway, the lowest-hanging fruit at present is the U-Boot /options > > stuff. I was hoping someone else would step up to clean it up. There > > should be no impediment. Regards, Simon
