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From: peter@hurleysoftware•com (Peter Hurley)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] of: DT quirks infrastructure
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:23:47 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54E73563.5070404@hurleysoftware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <23825C6A-7FF1-4D06-8802-F6964F71B97C@konsulko.com>

On 02/19/2015 09:41 AM, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
> Hi Frank,
> 
>> On Feb 19, 2015, at 04:08 , Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail•com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/18/2015 6:59 AM, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
>>> Implement a method of applying DT quirks early in the boot sequence.
>>>
>>> A DT quirk is a subtree of the boot DT that can be applied to
>>> a target in the base DT resulting in a modification of the live
>>> tree. The format of the quirk nodes is that of a device tree overlay.
>>
>> The use of the word "quirk" is a different mental model for me than what
>> this patch series appears to be addressing.  I would suggest totally
>> removing the word "quirk" from this proposal to avoid confusing the
>> mental models of future generations of kernel folks.
>>
> 
> Naming things is hard to do. Suggestions?

variant

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-02-20 13:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-18 14:59 [PATCH 0/4] Device Tree Quirks & the Beaglebone Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-18 14:59 ` [PATCH 1/4] arm: of: Add a DT quirk method after unflattening Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-18 14:59 ` [PATCH 2/4] of: DT quirks infrastructure Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-18 15:41   ` Mark Rutland
2015-02-18 15:53     ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-18 16:32       ` Ludovic Desroches
2015-02-18 16:39         ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-18 16:47           ` Ludovic Desroches
2015-02-18 16:46       ` Matt Porter
2015-02-18 17:31       ` Mark Rutland
2015-02-18 19:32         ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-19 14:29         ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 16:48           ` Frank Rowand
2015-02-19 17:00             ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 17:30               ` Frank Rowand
2015-02-19 17:38                 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 18:01                   ` Maxime Bizon
2015-02-19 18:12                     ` Sylvain Rochet
2015-02-19 18:22                       ` Maxime Bizon
2015-02-20 14:21                   ` Peter Hurley
2015-02-20 14:35                     ` Ludovic Desroches
2015-02-20 15:00                       ` Peter Hurley
2015-02-20 15:02                         ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-20 15:24                           ` Peter Hurley
2015-02-20 15:38                             ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-20 16:34                               ` Peter Hurley
2015-02-20 16:49                                 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-20 17:30                       ` Rob Herring
2015-02-20 17:37                         ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-23  7:00                         ` Ludovic Desroches
2015-02-20 14:38                     ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-20 16:47                     ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-20 18:09                       ` Peter Hurley
2015-02-20 18:48                         ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-23  7:30                           ` Ludovic Desroches
2015-02-20  8:04                 ` Ludovic Desroches
2015-02-19  2:08   ` Frank Rowand
2015-02-19 14:41     ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 16:40       ` Frank Rowand
2015-02-19 16:51         ` Frank Rowand
2015-02-20 13:23       ` Peter Hurley [this message]
2015-02-19 18:01     ` Rob Herring
2015-02-19 18:12       ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-20  8:16       ` Ludovic Desroches
2015-02-18 14:59 ` [PATCH 3/4] arm: am33xx: DT quirks for am33xx based beaglebone variants Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 18:16   ` Tony Lindgren
2015-02-19 18:28     ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 18:36       ` Tony Lindgren
2015-02-19 18:44         ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-23 18:39           ` Peter Hurley
2015-02-23 18:48             ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-02-19 18:57         ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-20 16:13       ` Jon Hunter
2015-02-18 14:59 ` [PATCH 4/4] arm: dts: Common Black/White Beaglebone DTS using quirks Pantelis Antoniou

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