linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] MIPS: DTS: cavium-octeon: provide model attribute

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Message-ID: <20160215183838.GD1640@darkstar.musicnaut.iki.fi>
Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 2016 20:38:39 +0200
From:	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
To:	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@...omium.org>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] MIPS: DTS: cavium-octeon: provide model attribute

Hi,

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 06:52:20PM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> On 02/15/2016 12:16 PM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> > On 2/15/2016 8:26 AM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> >> Downstream packages like Debian flash-kernel rely on
> >> /proc/device-tree/model
> >> to determine how to install an updated kernel image.
> 
> Would you support a patch having the following strings?
> 
> model = "CAVM, Octeon 3860";
> model = "CAVM, Octeon 6880";

The built-in DTBs are shared by multiple completely different boards
(from multiple different manufacturers). How would those strings help
for cases like flash-kernel?

A.