From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from 6.mo1.mail-out.ovh.net ([46.105.43.205] helo=mo1.mail-out.ovh.net) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1WBgBL-00068q-3a for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2014 07:49:03 +0000 Received: from mail170.ha.ovh.net (gw6.ovh.net [213.251.189.206]) by mo1.mail-out.ovh.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 4CF99FF832D for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2014 08:55:21 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 08:49:55 +0100 From: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Message-ID: <20140207074955.GH9671@ns203013.ovh.net> References: <20140207071332.GE16215@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140207071332.GE16215@pengutronix.de> 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: Re: Devicetree Maintenance in barebox To: Sascha Hauer Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org On 08:13 Fri 07 Feb , Sascha Hauer wrote: > 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. push the kernel to split the tree as a sub module at least so other project can import it Best Regards, J. > > 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 _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox