[U-Boot] [PATCH v7 5/9] arm: serial: Add ability to use pre-initialized UARTs

[Simon Glass]

Hi Linus,

On 19 October 2015 at 01:15, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 12:27 AM, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>> On 16 October 2015 at 15:23, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org> wrote:
>
>>> Again: get this merged in the Linux kernel FIRST. Is it?
>>
>> We had a little bit of a chat about this at ELCE. It would be great to
>> get these changes merged with the kernel but the amount of
>> push-back/energy it requires is still excessive IMO. Any thoughts?
>
> I'm sorry but DT is standardization, and while I know how stinky it is to
> be first somewhere and having to pave the road for everyone else,
> in the long run it's worth it. I think when we switched the entire kernel
> to DT it was to get "more order", and this is the cost that comes with
> that order: more review.
>
> I will go in and answer the comment on the DT mailing list so there is
> some push atleast.

Perhaps if we could see some movement then it would provide
encouragement to continue. So far I cannot recall seeing a single
U-Boot device tree change accepted in the 4 years I've been involved.
That's not to say it hasn't happened, and I hope it is just a
reflection on my memory rather than the difficulty level.

Regards,
Simon