linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add board-id support for multiple DT selection

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Message-ID: <6ceb3c5d-4171-4f0e-a1c0-22a8488ea2bc@linaro.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 14:04:08 +0100
From: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>
To: Amrit Anand <quic_amrianan@...cinc.com>, robh+dt@...nel.org,
 krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, conor+dt@...nel.org, agross@...nel.org,
 andersson@...nel.org
Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...cinc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add board-id support for multiple DT selection

On 20.01.2024 12:20, Amrit Anand wrote:
> Device manufacturers frequently ship multiple boards or SKUs under a
> single software package. These software packages will ship multiple
> devicetree blobs and require some mechanism to pick the correct DTB for
> the board the software package was deployed. Introduce a common
> definition for adding board identifiers to device trees. board-id
> provides a mechanism for bootloaders to select the appropriate DTB which
> is vendor/OEM-agnostic.

Maybe it'd be a good idea to add it to the base spec!

https://github.com/devicetree-org/devicetree-specification

Konrad