On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Scott Wood <scottwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > David Miller wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:10:12AM -0700, David Miller wrote: >> If you guys created this format in your compressed openfirmware >> trees, is it possible for you to "fix" it to match what Sparc >> systems following the proper bindings do? > > Possibly, though it'll cause some pain when old trees are used with a kernel > that expects the new binding. Ugh, more like loads of pain. There are deployed platforms using the embedded 'invented' bindings. I don't think it is an option to break compatibility with older trees. If there is some backwards compatibility code then I'm all for migrating to the same binding as Sparc and PowerMac g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
