actually isn't device tree a 1980s design :-)

anyway, as long as we can hit the things I care so much about,

self describing
alignment independent
endian independent
names not magic numbers (I mean, you want to put a UUID in there too,
fine, but I doubt a human-readable string will kill us on space)

it can be anything you all think best.

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 2:49 PM Desimone, Nathaniel L
<nathaniel.l.desim...@intel.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 1:29 -0700, ron minnich wrote:
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> >I'd rather not take HOB as a given without considering alternatives.
> >It's a very 1990s design.
>
> Device tree is also a very early 90s design for that matter. If we are 
> talking about clean slate design, how about something actually new and modern 
> like RFC 8949?
>
> From a practical standpoint I don't see HOBs going away very soon but I'm 
> open to possibility thinking on a long term basis.
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