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[157.131.244.194]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b18sm23024720pfi.173.2021.02.16.13.22.29 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:22:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1613510437.3853.20.camel@chimera> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] add generic builtin command line From: Daniel Gimpelevich To: Christophe Leroy Cc: Paul Mackerras , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Maksym Kokhan , Daniel Walker , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, xe-linux-external@cisco.com, Rob Herring , Michael Ellerman , Christophe Leroy , Daniel Walker , Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <20210216184247.Horde.If3nEUb5zLh4eU_4qXZCAw1@messagerie.c-s.fr> References: <20190319232448.45964-2-danielwa@cisco.com> <20190320155319.2cd3c0f73ef3cdefb65d5d1e@linux-foundation.org> <20190320232328.3bijcxek2yg43a25@zorba> <20190320201433.6c5c4782f4432d280c0e8361@linux-foundation.org> <20190321151308.yt6uc3mxgppm5zko@zorba> <20190321151519.1f4479d92228c8a8738e02cf@linux-foundation.org> <1613417521.3853.5.camel@chimera> <20210216184247.Horde.If3nEUb5zLh4eU_4qXZCAw1@messagerie.c-s.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:20:37 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 3.10.4-0ubuntu2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2021-02-16 at 18:42 +0100, Christophe Leroy wrote: > I'd suggest also to find the good arguments to convince us that this > series has a real added value, not just "cisco use it in its kernels > so it is good". Well, IIRC, this series was endorsed by the device tree maintainers as the preferred alternative to this: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-devicetree/1565020400-25679-1-git-send-email-daniel@gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us/T/#u The now-defunct patchwork.linux-mips.org link in that thread pointed to: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mips/1510796793.16864.25.camel@chimera/T/#u When running modern kernels from ancient vendor bootloaders, it is sometimes necessary to pick and choose bits and pieces of the info they pass without taking it verbatim.