Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: am335x-bone-common: Add i2c2 definition

From: Tony Lindgren
Date: Mon May 12 2014 - 17:08:03 EST


* Robert Nelson <robertcnelson@xxxxxxxxx> [140512 13:58]:
> >> Either case if fine with me. As who knows when the dtc "overlay" will
> >> every truly make it mainline, as the capemgr was the only real kernel
> >> user of the i2c/at24 eeprom information.
> >
> > Sounds like we should keep it disabled though so u-boot can be used
> > to toggle it while waiting for the capemgr. That's because the board
> > has a header for pins, so it's not exactly limited to just the capes.
> >
> > Anybody working on enabling/disabling cape dtb configurations in u-boot?
>
> Well,
>
> Would Tom even approve of that in mainline u-boot? He didn't want my
> "invert" the gpio to enable the usb hub on the older beagle xm A/B..
>
> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2014-January/172154.html
>
> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2014-January/172274.html

Right, no idea. But until we have some way to actually use the capes
without conflicting dts entries, I can't merge them.

Regards,

Tony
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