[ARM ATTEND] Following discussions, device tree, ARM64
From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland)
Date: 2014-03-28 15:27:47
Hello, As one of the device tree bindings maintainers and as someone involved in arm64 Linux development, I am interested in attending the ARM mini summit for the purpose of discussing: * ARM64 SoC support, and questions/plans regarding upstreaming and code sharing with arm. * Device tree cleanup. There are currently many bindings and dts files which serve as poor examples, but changes to bring them into line with standards would involve breaking support for existing DTBs. We don't have good mechanisms for deprecation of bindings; doubly so for those which are widely used. How can we avoid/ameliorate this in future? * Device tree stabilisation. There are currently plans to move stable bindings and/or dts out of the kernel tree and into a separate repo. How will stable bindings and/or dts be chosen, and what does this mean for bindings left in the kernel with regards to stability/deprecation? In addition to following general discussions. Cheers, Mark.