On 02/18/2014 11:18 AM, Jason Cooper wrote: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 04:57:50PM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 01:05:44PM -0500, Jason Cooper wrote: > ... >>> - Is the Linux development workflow ready for devicetree to move out >>> of the Linux Kernel? >> >> I hope so since keeping the devicetrees in sync with the kernel is a >> pain for all external users. > > Well, I haven't heard any screams yet. I suspect people are waiting for > details on the exact form it would take before complaining... > >>> - How do we envision projects will use it? git submodule? reference >>> a version tag? (this is primarily targeted at bootloaders that need >>> to compile in a dtb or subset of a dtb into the bootloader) >> >> I would prefer to use it as a submodule. > > ok. I've often thought that was the right solution for several things > (dtc.git inside the kernel tree), but no one ever seemed to speak of it > or bring it up. Kinda like leprosy. > > It does add an extra step to build process for new users. Although that > could be handled in the Makefile. My limited experience of git submodules implies that comparing them to Leprosy isn't a bad comparison:-) If they are separated out, I'd vastly prefer they simply be a standalone project completed divorced from the kernel. Playing games with git submodules to try and make it easier seems more likely to actually make this more complicated. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree-spec" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
