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

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Message-ID: <7h8ufbjkod.fsf@deeprootsystems.com>
Date:	Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:42:10 -0800
From:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>
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

Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org> 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@...r.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>

Is this the special magic that allows qcom bootloaders to take a kernel
plus multiple DTBs and figure out which DTB to pass?

Kevin
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