On 05/26/2016 12:50 PM, Lucas Stach wrote:
> Hi Igor,
>
> Am Donnerstag, den 26.05.2016, 11:50 +0300 schrieb Igor Grinberg:
>> Hi Lucas,
>>
>> Thanks for reviewing the patch(es).
>>
>> On 05/23/2016 12:03 PM, Lucas Stach wrote:
>>> Am Montag, den 23.05.2016, 00:47 +0200 schrieb
>>> christopher.spinrath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>>>> From: Christopher Spinrath <christopher.spinrath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>>> +&ecspi1 {
>>>> + fsl,spi-num-chipselects = <2>;
>>>> + cs-gpios = <&gpio2 30 0>, <&gpio3 19 0>;
>>>> + pinctrl-names = "default";
>>>> + pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_ecspi1>;
>>>> + status = "okay";
>>>> +
>>>> + flash: m25p80@0 {
>>>> + #address-cells = <1>;
>>>> + #size-cells = <1>;
>>>> + compatible = "st,m25p", "jedec,spi-nor";
>>>> + spi-max-frequency = <20000000>;
>>>> + reg = <0>;
>>>> +
>>>> + partition@0 {
>>>> + label = "uboot";
>>>> + reg = <0x0 0xc0000>;
>>>> + };
>>>> +
>>>> + partition@c0000 {
>>>> + label = "uboot environment";
>>>> + reg = <0xc0000 0x40000>;
>>>> + };
>>>> +
>>>> + partition@100000 {
>>>> + label = "reserved";
>>>> + reg = <0x100000 0x100000>;
>>>> + };
>>>
>>> Partition layouts don't belong in the upstream DT, as it a device
>>> configuration thing. Please kep them in the bootloader/firmware and make
>>> this one pass the partition layout to the kernel.
>>
>> I don't completely agree with this.
>> We have lots of partition layouts in the upstream DT.
>
> No, we don't. At least not for the i.MX6. There are some for the earlier
> i.MX boards, but IMO it's wrong to put device configuration into the
> upstream DT. Let's not start doing this again.
Why not?
For i.MX6 there are 2 boards that have the partitioning scheme.
I'm not considering this a device configuration, but rather
a default partitioning layout/scheme.
Current case is for the firmware storage device that is not likely
to change.
Moreover, a DT is not really a part of the kernel, but lays along the kernel
sources for convenience and simplicity (at least IIRC as it was decided
about 5 years ago). It is more a part of the firmware for a device, than
an upstream kernel source code.
I think it is only a meter of time when Linus will decide that he does not
want it inside the kernel anymore...
>
>> Moreover, this is the default layout and changing it, will
>> result in incompatibilities and also might result in device "bricking".
>> Those can be changed from the boot loader in case you need those
>> the other way around.
>> Another question of mine is, why should you?
>>
> Partition layout is device configuration, which is governed by the
> device firmware.
Yet again, DT is a part of device firmware.
Moreover, the firmware (in that case U-Boot), can be configured
using the very same DT code, so not having this in, might force
various w/a and hacks.
> By not having the partition layout in the upstream DT
> people are forced to set it from the firmware, which is exactly the
> right thing to do, weather or not you plan to change it at any time.
I might be ignorant, sorry for that.
Why? Why is it right and why would you want to force people to do that?
--
Regards,
Igor.
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