Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] devicetree: bindings: Document qcom,msm-id and qcom,board-id
From: Kumar Gala <hidden>
Date: 2015-03-04 21:22:56
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On Mar 4, 2015, at 3:19 PM, Arnd Bergmann [off-list ref] wrote:
On Wednesday 04 March 2015 15:13:20 Kumar Gala wrote:quoted
The top level qcom,msm-id and qcom,board-id are utilized by bootloaders on Qualcomm MSM platforms to determine which device tree should be utilized and passed to the kernel. Cc: <redacted> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <redacted>This seems to duplicate the root-node compatible strings for no particular reason, with a less flexible format. I think it would be better to fix the boot loader.
While I wish that was an option, this is a solution that has been shipping on MSM platforms and phones for some time. - k -- Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project