On Tue, 2006-12-26 at 00:34 -1000, Mitch Bradley wrote: > Left to do: > > a) Audit the device tree and correct any errors and omissions. > > b) Release an Open Firmware version that uses virtual addressing so that > Linux doesn't clobber it upon startup. The coding is already done, so > this is just a release and test step. This version is compatible with > existing kernels so its release doesn't require a simultaneous release > of a new kernel. > > c) Decide whether or not we want to go ahead with the /proc/device-tree > version, or convert to /sys first. If the latter, we have to develop > the sysfs version of the code. I think I understand how to convert to > sysfs for the bulk of the code, but there is still an issue that I don't > grok, namely the kobjects tie-in. > > d) Do the administrative mechanics of expressing the changes as a patch. > > e) Start converting OLPC userland code to use the device tree info > instead of the various ad-hoc detections schemes currently in place. > > f) Do whatever needs to be done to announce the patch, submit it > upstream, or whatever we want to do on that front.
g) Convert drivers to of_device drivers as appropriate -- stuff like the DCON could be 'detected' by its presence in the device-tree rather than the hacks we have at the moment. -- dwmw2 _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
