Hi Linus,
On 11 August 2015 at 07:00, Linus Walleij linus.walleij@linaro.org wrote:
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org wrote:
This binding differs from that of Linux. Update it and change existing users.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org
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doc/device-tree-bindings/serial/pl01x.txt | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
So why does U-Boot have its own copy of any bindings at all?
This is forking the ontology of who gets to define bindings I fear. It's a bit like have two bibles both claiming to be the word of god. (OK maybe a hyperbolic statement, but you see what I mean.)
Can't we just have the bindings in the Linux kernel tree please?
Is there any plan to move them out of Linux and put them in a separate place?
We should make an effort to sync the device tree files with Linux periodically.
I quite like having the bindings in U-Boot since it makes people think about what they are adding. Are you worried that the bindings in U-Boot might evolve separately? Certainly there has been some of that.
However I recently sent a series to add a few things for Raspberry Pi ("arm: rpi: Device tree modifications for U-Boot") and I don't yet see a willingness to add what some see as 'U-Boot things' to the binding. How do we address that?
Regards, Simon