[PATCH v7 01/31] doc: Add documentation about devicetree usage

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Tue Dec 7 16:45:01 CET 2021


On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 08:09:03AM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Heinrich,
> 
> On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 at 17:58, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > On 12/6/21 16:11, Simon Glass wrote:
> > > At present some of the ideas and techniques behind devicetree in U-Boot
> > > are assumed, implied or unsaid. Add some documentation to cover how
> > > devicetree is build, how it can be modified and the rules about using
> > > the various CONFIG_OF_... options.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> > > Reviewed-by: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler at toradex.com>
> > > ---
> > > This patch attracted quite a bit of discussion here:
> > >
> > > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20210909201033.755713-4-sjg@chromium.org/
> > >
> > > I have not included the text suggested by François. While I agree that
> > > it would be useful to have an introduction in this space, I do not agree
> > > that we should have two devicetrees or that U-Boot should not have its own
> > > things in the devicetree, so it is not clear to me what we should actually
> > > write.
> > >
> > > The 'Devicetree Control in U-Boot' docs were recently merged and these
> > > provide some base info, for now.
> >
> > As you already remarked part of this text has not been agreed upon.
> >
> > Please, either remove this part of the text or mark it as your private
> > opinion.
> 
> Do you mean the comment after the patch? It won't appear in the commit message.

I believe he's referring to that section of the document itself, which
is still not agreed on / to.

-- 
Tom
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