| Date | Wed, 6 Nov 2013 20:01:52 +0100 | From | Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3 - V2] Introducing Device Tree Overlays |
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On 05.11.13, Pantelis Antoniou wrote: > The following patchset introduces Device Tree overlays, a method > of dynamically altering the kernel's live Device Tree, along with > a generic interface to use it in a board agnostic manner.
In case this has been discussed and I missed it: Why are we doing this? Isn't it possible to d o the overlay thingy in u-boot and pass a complete device tree to the kernel? Are you trying to do something like hotplug-PCI where the PCI card can be replaced at runtime?
Sebastian
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