[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] RFC: generic property fixup mechanism for LIBFDT

Kim Phillips kim.phillips at freescale.com
Thu Aug 23 18:48:42 CEST 2007


On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:30:29 +0200
Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:

> In message <20070822160915.5cf9e116.kim.phillips at freescale.com> you wrote:
> >
> > Jerry Van Baren <gerald.vanbaren at smiths-aerospace.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > IMO your proposal is not acceptable.  Follow Grant's advice and the 
> > > current cpu/mpc83xx/cpu.c methodology.
> > 
> > ?  Bartlomiej's first patch followed the 83xx 'methodology', which Grant
> > commented on, which is what Bartlomiej tried to fix here.  Maybe I
> > missed something, but anyway, now that the window has closed, we can
> > arrange to fix libfdt support for all powerpc boards for the next
> > release.
> 
> We still accept patches that fix bugs and solve urgent problems,  and
> if  I  understand  correctly,  Bartek's  patch attempts to fix a real
> problem.

maybe I misunderstood then. I just don't want to see code being
duplicated among two subplatforms (83xx and 52xx) without some stuff
being refactored into common powerpc areas.

Kim




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