Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] devicetree: bindings: Document qcom,msm-id and qcom,board-id

[Olof Johansson]

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mar 5, 2015, at 1:42 PM, Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> 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: <devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Is this the special magic that allows qcom bootloaders to take a kernel
>> plus multiple DTBs and figure out which DTB to pass?
>>
>> Kevin
>
> yes

That's a bummer.

Luckily, the solution for upstream is still quite simple: Provide only
one devicetree, and it'll be used, right?


-Olof
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/