Re: [U-Boot] Many questions about U-Boot's Driver Model

2014-09-21 Thread Simon Glass
Hi Masahiro, On 20 September 2014 00:56, Masahiro YAMADA wrote: > Hi Simon, > > > > 2014-09-20 7:25 GMT+09:00 Simon Glass : > >> - the bind/unbind allows you to have devices which are known to the >> system, but not yet probed. This is important in a boot loader (e.g. >> we don't want to probe de

Re: [U-Boot] Many questions about U-Boot's Driver Model

2014-09-19 Thread Masahiro YAMADA
Hi Simon, 2014-09-20 7:25 GMT+09:00 Simon Glass : > - the bind/unbind allows you to have devices which are known to the > system, but not yet probed. This is important in a boot loader (e.g. > we don't want to probe devices until they are actually needed, and > some will never be probed during

Re: [U-Boot] Many questions about U-Boot's Driver Model

2014-09-19 Thread Simon Glass
Hi Masahiro, On 19 September 2014 07:22, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hi. > > I am digging into the driver model. > Great! It would be good to add patches to the driver model README.txt file with some of the results of this thread. > > I fear this triggers a controversy, but, first, > it looks like

[U-Boot] Many questions about U-Boot's Driver Model

2014-09-19 Thread Masahiro Yamada
Hi. I am digging into the driver model. I fear this triggers a controversy, but, first, it looks like the driver model of U-Boot is pretty different from the Linux's one, in spite of the fact that U-Boot has ported lots of Linux sources and ideas (looks like U-Boot is getting a mirror of Linux)