[Arm-netbook] device tree not the answer in the ARM world [was: Re: running Debian on a Cubieboard]

Fri May 10 07:25:32 BST 2013

On 05/09/2013 10:32 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:

>   ok, let me try to illustrate.  compare the following two scenarios:
>
>   * DVD player.  with EOMA-68 CPU card.  upgrade time: 10 seconds.  a)
> push button.  b) pull CPU card.  c) put new CPU card in.  d) push
> until flush with case.  e) power on.

why would anybody upgrade a DVD player? will that make the optical unit 
support Bluray suddenly?

>   EOMA-68 is targetted at *MASS VOLUME* products, for *END USERS* to be
> able to upgrade their products.

you keep repeating that over and over, but you never say *why* "end 
users" would do that.