Re: devicetree repository separation/migration

On Feb 19, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Jason Cooper wrote:

I think the long term health of the devicetree would benefit greatly
from being more detached than it currently is.  It would force everyone
to "Pay the bills".

The time might not be right now, and it probably will take one of the
more gradual forms Olof suggested.  But I think it should happen at some
point to help it grow up.

And we still have the short term problem of facilitating other projects
use of the devicetree.  Which can only make it more robust and accepted
by default.

I know it would be easier to import new device tree files into FreeBSD, and
support the latest version of the spec if there was a clean way of doing so.
Right now, with the files comingled with other files in the Linux tree it is harder
to do so than if they were stand-alone. Especially if the compiler could also
come from a near-by place.

Warner

P.S. I've been championing the use of fdt in FreeBSD for a few years now. I
am presently converting over all our Atmel support to use fdt, as well as
championing cross-SoC and cross-architecture use of fdt + gpio, fdt + i2c, etc.
Just so you know who I am, in case the name in unfamiliar to you...--
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