From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:6f8:1178:4:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1WBfdK-0005j0-PY for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2014 07:13:59 +0000 Received: from ptx.hi.pengutronix.de ([2001:6f8:1178:2:5054:ff:fec0:8e10] ident=Debian-exim) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1WBfcy-0005uc-Vl for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2014 08:13:32 +0100 Received: from sha by ptx.hi.pengutronix.de with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WBfcy-0000m1-U8 for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2014 08:13:32 +0100 Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 08:13:32 +0100 From: Sascha Hauer Message-ID: <20140207071332.GE16215@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Devicetree Maintenance in barebox To: barebox@lists.infradead.org Hi All, It's becoming more obvious that devicetree maintenance is painful because we have to sync them to the kernel regularly. My hope was that this would get simpler once the devicetrees get their own repository outside the kernel, but it seems that won't happen anytime soon. So my current idea to continue with barebox devicetrees is: - Maintain a kernel branch which has all devicetree changes we need in barebox in a clean step-by-step series - rebase this branch regularly on the newer kernel - Copy the resulting devicetrees to barebox The upside is that we have up to date devicetrees in barebox without having to resync them by hand on a per SoC basis. Of course this also means that we lose the devicetree history and breakage may be introduced with some huge commits saying "Update devicetrees to Linux-3.x". Any better ideas? I think we have to do something. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox