* Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxx> [141226 08:29]: > On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 08:13:49AM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote: > > * Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxx> [141226 07:29]: > > > On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 03:04:00PM +0200, Grygorii.Strashko@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Tony, your call > > > > > > > > May be it will be good thing to split this patch. That way more > > > > information will be stored in commit log about which set of options > > > > gives us what benefits. And also, It will allow to continue with > > > > agreed changes. ? > > > > > > can be done, but then again, it's just a defconfig change. Tony, your > > > call. > > > > > > > >> I think we should move omap2plus_defconfig to be mostly modular and > > > > >> usable for distros as a base. Most distros prefer to build almost > > > > >> everything as loadable modules. And my preference is that we should > > > > >> only keep the minimum rootfs for devices and serial support as > > > > >> built-in and rely on initramfs for most drivers. And slowly move > > > > >> also the remaining built-in drivers to be loadable modules. > > > > >> > > > > >> The reasons for having drivers as loadable modules are many. It > > > > >> allows distros to use the same kernel for all the devices without > > > > >> bloating the kernel. It makes developing drivers easier as just the > > > > >> module needs to be reloaded. And loadable modules protect us from > > > > >> cross-framework spaghetti calls in the kernel as the interfaces are > > > > >> clearly defined. > > > > >> > > > > >> Are there people really using SATA as rootfs right now on omaps? > > > > > > > > > > Yes. That is exactly my point. > > > > > > > > > > > > > From my side I'd like to note that I know about few ongoing projects > > > > on DRA7x EVM where SATA is used as rootfs - now It is the fast > > > > possible way to start Android. > > > > > > now this is something different. This is evidence that there are people > > > relying on SATA on rootfs. I'll leave to Tony again. > > > > OK sounds like people are really using SATA as rootfs, so we might as > > well keep it built in then. And it does not affect the PM on the devices > > that do have PM working, that has been a problem with having some > > drivers built-in. > > > > We can still work towards making the current rootfs device drivers > > into loadable modules in the long term :) > > Here's v3: Thanks, applying this into omap-for-v3.20/defconfig. Regards, Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
