linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] of: DT quirks infrastructure

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Message-ID: <1424368919.13604.9.camel@sakura.staff.proxad.net>
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:01:59 +0100
From:	Maxime Bizon <mbizon@...ebox.fr>
To:	Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@...sulko.com>
Cc:	frowand.list@...il.com, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Koen Kooi <koen@...inion.thruhere.net>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...el.com>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Matt Porter <matt.porter@...aro.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] of: DT quirks infrastructure


On Thu, 2015-02-19 at 19:38 +0200, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:

> Having to boot and tweak the bootloader settings to select the correct
> dtb (even if it’s present on the flash medium) takes time and is
> error-prone.

Dedicate a set of GPIO for board/PCB revision detection (it only costs a
few resistors connected to VCC or GND), then use that information to
choose the correct DTB.

-- 
Maxime


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