linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: hwinfo: Introduce board-id

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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 15:40:04 +0530
From: Amrit Anand <quic_amrianan@...cinc.com>
To: Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@...cinc.com>, <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>, <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        <agross@...nel.org>, <andersson@...nel.org>,
        <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>
CC: <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>, <kernel@...cinc.com>,
        Elliot Berman
	<quic_eberman@...cinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: hwinfo: Introduce board-id


On 1/21/2024 12:40 AM, Trilok Soni wrote:
> On 1/20/2024 3:20 AM, Amrit Anand wrote:
>> From: Elliot Berman <quic_eberman@...cinc.com>
>>
>> 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.
> Please extend CC list to more architectures? linux-arm-kernel, risc-v etc; since
> the proposal below is not specific to ARM but any architecture is using the
> devicetree.
Wouldn't devicetree@...r.kernel.org will have concern folks from all the 
architectures?
Please correct me.

Thanks,
Amrit.