[PATCH v7 00/31] fdt: Make OF_BOARD a boolean option

[Tom Rini]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 05:11:38PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:

[snip]
> Changes in v7:
> - Fix 'linst' typo
> - Switch to using an empty file for qemu virt
> - Switch to using an empty file for qemu virt
> - Switch to using an empty file for qemu virt
> - Reword commit message
> - Bring in files from Linux instead
> - Bring in files from Linux instead
> - Rewrite the commit message
> - Use 'empty' instead of 'fake'
> - Use 'empty' instead of 'fake'
> - Switch to using an empty file for qemu virt
> - Bring in files from Linux instead
> - Fix 'Is' typo in commit message
> - Drop FDTSRC_PASSAGE for now
> - Drop FDTSRC_PASSAGE for now
> - Add new patch to add a Kconfig for boards with a prior stage

Alright, so I know François said to move to empty rather than
dumping/"fake" dts file for this go-round.  But I still don't like it.
What Andre said vs the highbank patch is right.  You develop against the
binding.

Further, you see the problem of "it's board-specific how to update a
platform dtb" having an answer of "hammer it in to U-Boot".  The
follow-up problem of "it's only going to get worse" has another solution
to it I believe, which is that you're supposed to use capsule updates
for this, if you're SystemReady compliant and able to ship the DTB
on-device (I assume François or someone else can chime in here if I'm
wrong).

I have more to say, but I think I need to reply that to the doc patch
that adds your rationale for how DT should work in U-Boot.

-- 
Tom
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