Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add board-id support for multiple DT selection

From: Elliot Berman
Date: Mon Jan 22 2024 - 14:00:43 EST


+devicetree-spec

On 1/20/2024 5:04 AM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 20.01.2024 12:20, Amrit Anand wrote:
>> Device manufacturers frequently ship multiple boards or SKUs under a
>> single software package. These software packages will ship multiple
>> devicetree blobs and require some mechanism to pick the correct DTB for
>> the board the software package was deployed. Introduce a common
>> definition for adding board identifiers to device trees. board-id
>> provides a mechanism for bootloaders to select the appropriate DTB which
>> is vendor/OEM-agnostic.
>
> Maybe it'd be a good idea to add it to the base spec!
>
> https://github.com/devicetree-org/devicetree-specification
>

I agree. Rob, what do you think?