From: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>
To: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ARM: Installation and Booting; was: Re: GuixSD on ARM;
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 21:50:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160719215050.082ee5d4@scratchpost.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160714071251.GB11033@debian-netbook>
Hi,
> Also I think the same file as u-boot is the right place for it [device-tree-compiler].
device-tree-compiler is actually needed for all kernels on embedded. Embedded devices don't have a BIOS and so you have to have some kind of hardware description in order to be able to even boot. The Linux kernel bundles a device-tree-compiler, that's why it didn't pop up sooner.
I'm fine with putting it into the u-boot module. Just know that u-boot is just the earliest one that needs it (because it patches device-tree files in order to pass information about the boot process to the kernel). Next the Linux kernel needs it and next all expansion board drivers need it, too. (all of those only while compiling)
It's a compiler, so you don't need it at runtime.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-19 19:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-12 11:19 GuixSD on ARM Daniel Pimentel
2016-07-13 6:55 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-07-13 9:11 ` ARM: Installation and Booting; was: Re: GuixSD on ARM; Danny Milosavljevic
2016-07-13 22:22 ` Danny Milosavljevic
2016-07-14 7:12 ` Efraim Flashner
2016-07-19 19:50 ` Danny Milosavljevic [this message]
2016-07-19 20:07 ` [PATCH] Add gnu/packages/u-boot.scm with all the boards that u-boot supports right now Danny Milosavljevic
2016-07-21 12:37 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-07-21 17:56 ` Danny Milosavljevic
2016-07-22 13:15 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-07-23 14:11 ` Andreas Enge
2016-08-01 19:13 ` [PATCH v2] gnu: Add u-boot, device-tree-compiler Danny Milosavljevic
2016-08-01 19:18 ` [PATCH v3] " Danny Milosavljevic
2016-08-01 19:58 ` [PATCH v4] " Danny Milosavljevic
2016-08-01 20:05 ` [PATCH v5] " Danny Milosavljevic
2016-08-02 7:11 ` [PATCH v6] " Danny Milosavljevic
2016-08-21 8:23 ` Danny Milosavljevic
2016-08-21 9:47 ` David Craven
2016-08-22 19:40 ` Danny Milosavljevic
2016-08-22 21:18 ` David Craven
2016-08-23 1:03 ` David Craven
2016-08-24 0:15 ` Danny Milosavljevic
2016-07-14 16:20 ` ARM: Installation and Booting; was: Re: GuixSD on ARM; Andreas Enge
2016-07-13 12:57 ` GuixSD on ARM Ludovic Courtès
2016-07-19 1:47 ` Eric Bavier
2016-08-15 20:14 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2016-09-11 13:05 ` Andreas Enge
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