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

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Message-ID: <2483237.3YTlNsnOp7@wuerfel>
Date:	Wed, 04 Mar 2015 22:19:22 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	arm@...nel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, heiko@...ech.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] devicetree: bindings: Document qcom,msm-id and qcom,board-id

On Wednesday 04 March 2015 15:13:20 Kumar Gala wrote:
> 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@...r.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>

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.

	Arnd
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