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Date:	Wed, 06 May 2015 11:31:15 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@...il.com>,
	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...ian.org>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND] [PATCH v2 1/2] arm: devtree: Set system_rev from DT revision

On Wednesday 06 May 2015 10:49:01 Pali Rohár wrote:
> With this patch "revision" DT string entry is used to set global system_rev
> variable. DT "revision" is expected to be string with one hexadecimal number.
> So "Revision" line in /proc/cpuinfo will be same as "revision" DT value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>

+devicetree mailing list

The property needs to be specified in a binding somewhere.

> @@ -246,5 +247,14 @@ const struct machine_desc * __init setup_machine_fdt(unsigned int dt_phys)
>  	/* Change machine number to match the mdesc we're using */
>  	__machine_arch_type = mdesc->nr;
>  
> +	/* Set system revision from DT */
> +	prop = of_get_flat_dt_prop(dt_root, "revision", &size);
> +	if (prop && size > 0) {
> +		char revision[11];
> +		strlcpy(revision, prop, min(size, (int)sizeof(revision)));
> +		if (kstrtouint(revision, 16, &system_rev) != 0)
> +			system_rev = 0;
> +	}
> +
>  	return mdesc;
>  }
> 

What is the reason for doing it this early? I think it would be nicer to do
it after unflattening the DT.

Also, it seems strange to have a string property and then use kstrtouint
to convert it into a number. I think it should either be specified in a DT
binding to be a string and then have the kernel not assume that it is a number,
or we should define it to be binary.

	Arnd
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