On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:07 AM, Kumar Gala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One topic that come up during OLS in discussions and u-boot BOF was > the idea of driving u-boot configuration from a device tree instead of > from "config.h". I was wondering if anyone has actually looked at > doing this. > This sounds like an interesting idea, having a central repo for all hardware information. A big problem I see is that while device-tree syntax may make sense to Linux kernel propellerheads, to the average Joe it's mind-numbing. Config files are ugly, but at least IMHO are easy to figure out. User-friendly editing tools would be a necessity. Maybe something already exists?
> One question I have is how does (or should) u-boot identify where to > find the device tree. I think the idea would be that this "area" > could be easily reflashed with a new blob to get a new configuration. > This should be fun considering the plethora of architectures that U-boot supports. cheers, Ben ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
