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Message-Id: <E8050509-B096-4171-9406-EE3831F79D71@codeaurora.org>
Date:	Wed, 4 Mar 2015 15:22:49 -0600
From:	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-arm-msm <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 Mar 4, 2015, at 3:19 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> 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.

While I wish that was an option, this is a solution that has been shipping on MSM platforms and phones for some time.

- k

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