On 8/21/08, Grant Likely [off-list ref] wrote:

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Scott Wood [off-list ref] wrote:
 > David Miller wrote:
 >>>
 >>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:10:12AM -0700, David Miller wrote:

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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

Has anything really been deployed? These bindings are only a few months old.


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