On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 02:18:42PM +0530, Sudhakar Rajashekhara wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 00:19:05, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> > "Mark A. Greer" <[email protected]> writes:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 06:10:41PM +0530, Sudhakar Rajashekhara wrote:
> > >> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 02:40:04, Mark A. Greer wrote:

> > >> Are you trying to align with the OOB layout being followed in U-Boot?
> > >
> > > Yes.  That and to match what both TI and MV have been supporting for
> > > quite a while.
> > >
> > >> U-Boot for da830/omap-l137 is not in mainline yet. I am planning to
> > >> start working on that shortly. We can re-visit this when da830/omap-l137
> > >> support is present in u-boot.
> > >
> > > Hmm, okay...
> > >
> > > So what about all the platforms that are already out there?
> > >
> > > Even if it changes, I'd recommend the driver patch [1/2] still go
> > > in so that the functionality is there if/when its ever needed (and
> > > its a really simple patch).  I can alway redo the platform patch [2/2].
> > 
> > I'll apply 1/1 today.
> > 
> > Sudhakar, for 2/2, what's the reason to wait for u-boot support to go
> > upstream.  Is the u-boot support going to change?  If most folks are using
> > recent u-boot anyways, it seems that this should get merged as well. 
> > 
> 
> Kevin,
> 
> Existing u-boot for da8xx was based on u-boot for DM355/DM365 but u-boot
> for DM355/DM365 has changed in mainline so I expect that u-boot for da8xx
> is also going to change. Also, there may be some users which are using the
> old u-boot for DM355/DM365 and this kind of patch is required for those
> platforms as well. Of course it can be a different patch.

What if we applied the patch so systems with the current u-boot work
and then worry about how to disable it when the new u-boot is ready
(e.g., CONFIG_ option or ...).

Mark
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