[U-Boot] Xpedite boards

Peter Tyser ptyser at xes-inc.com
Thu May 11 23:27:17 UTC 2017


Hi Simon,

> 
> I am trying to help with the U-Boot conversion of CONFIG options to
> Kconfig. I notice that the Xpedite boards use a ds4510 driver which
> defines quite a few of these options. I could potentially convert it
> to Kconfig.

Thanks, and thanks for your work on U-Boot improvements in general over
the last few years!  I've been out of the development loop, but it's
neat to see the improvements you've been shepherding.

> However, many of the options in these boards define I2C addresses,
> which these days should be done with driver model / device tree.
> 
> I wonder if you have any interest in converting these boards as part
> of ongoing work?

I definitely have interest, but am iffy on the time:)  From what I
understand PowerPC has been pretty tardy on moving to the driver model
/ device tree, and no PowerPC board uses the device tree control at
this point.  To make sure I understand the end goal, you're asking
about defining CONFIG_OF_CONTROL for the XPedite boards?  This would
primarily entail getting CONFIG_OF_CONTROL working, at which point the
driver model should "just work"?  Let me know if I'm missing the high
level picture.

Regards,
Peter


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