From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel•crashing.org>
To: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux•vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org, Stefan Roese <sr@denx•de>,
david@gibson•dropbear.id.au
Subject: Re: [patch 3/4] 4xx: Convert Walnut flash mappings to new binding
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:20:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <addcdbe0ab5b83aa58fc4e7df37b0925@kernel.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1189877748.17593.9.camel@localhost.localdomain>
>> Maybe we can have U-Boot add the partition information if it's
>> missing in the device tree, and extend the mtdparts command in U-Boot
>> to add / adjust settings so they match what is defined in U-Boot.
>
> That would be great for newer U-Boots. For existing older ones, it
> doesn't really solve the problem. But then again, there's no way to
> possibly define all the partitioning schemes people may have adopted to
> their needs on their boards. And I believe that is why David has
> RedBoot and command line partitioning override what is in the DTS
> today.
Yeah, partitioning information really doesn't belong in the device
tree -- with the possible exception of the partitions that the
firmware (uboot in this case) needs to know about anyway.
You *can* put all partitioning info in the device tree, but that
doesn't mean you *should* :-)
Segher
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-15 19:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-14 18:54 [patch 0/4] Small 4xx updates for 2.6.24 Josh Boyer
2007-09-14 18:54 ` [patch 1/4] cuimage for Bamboo board Josh Boyer
2007-09-15 2:19 ` David Gibson
2007-09-15 14:26 ` Josh Boyer
2007-09-14 18:54 ` [patch 2/4] Make partitions optional in physmap_of Josh Boyer
2007-09-15 2:21 ` David Gibson
2007-09-14 18:54 ` [patch 3/4] 4xx: Convert Walnut flash mappings to new binding Josh Boyer
2007-09-15 2:22 ` David Gibson
2007-09-15 14:25 ` Josh Boyer
2007-09-15 3:23 ` Stefan Roese
2007-09-15 14:26 ` Josh Boyer
2007-09-15 15:09 ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-09-15 17:35 ` Josh Boyer
2007-09-15 19:20 ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
2007-09-17 2:03 ` David Gibson
2007-09-17 2:02 ` David Gibson
2007-09-14 18:54 ` [patch 4/4] 4xx: Convert Seqouia " Josh Boyer
2007-09-15 2:23 ` David Gibson
2007-09-15 3:32 ` Stefan Roese
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