On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 6:57 PM Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 06:11, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 08:19:11PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > The new DT nodes / SMBIOS binding [1] allows for the correct > > > information to be provided, though. > > [snip] > > > [1] > > > https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/blob/master/doc/device-tree-bindings/sysinfo/smbios.txt > > > > I think the only feedback I can give on your message here is to please > > go upstream that binding, and then we can see what to do afterwards. > > I am still tearing my hair out waiting for the reserved-memory and > binman patches to be accepted. Every few weeks there is another > comment, but no action. Rob seems to be the only one engaged. > > Perhaps I should do a conference talk about what is wrong with DT? > This is my experience so far: > > - there is no urgency to apply anything > - no one wins acclaim for applying a patch > - everyone complains later if a patch is applied that they didn't agree with > - people chime in wanting to understand the use case, but don't/can't/won't > - any sort of expressed doubt results in delay > - maintainers hope that the submitter will lose interest and go away > - not enough people add review tags, even if they look at it > ... because they are worried about looking bad to others on the ML
You miss this: * Patch submitter ignores questions, feedback, concerns from maintainers to the point that people mute the thread > I would be happy to discuss how to improve matters, but that is what I see. > > Anyway, the lowest-hanging fruit at present is the U-Boot /options > stuff. I was hoping someone else would step up to clean it up. There > should be no impediment. > > Regards, > Simon