Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] arm: add device tree support

[Grant Likely]

On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 09:29:58PM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 29 January 2012 18:48, Andreas Färber <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Am 29.01.2012 17:01, schrieb Grant Likely:
> >> Okay, well at least let's start with this.  Here is an updated version of 
> >> the
> >> patch that doesn't touch the board code.  It makes the -dtb option 
> >> available
> >> to all ARM platforms.
> >>
> >> Even if dtb is not the primary structure, we absolutely need this option.
> >
> > Well, the option itself is what has been the most controversial here.
> > Yours is at least the third attempt, so far we've seen discussed -dtb,
> > -kern-dtb, -kernel-dtb, -kernel dtb=, etc.
> 
> FWIW, my vote is for '-dtb' because it parallels the existing -initrd
> and -append. (Or -devicetree if we think -dtb is too cryptic; but anyway
> not something with 'kernel' in it.)

That was my reasoning too.  I'm not stuck on any particular flag though as
long as the feature gets merged.  :-)

g.