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

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Message-ID: <499320f4-f6b1-4582-9512-89ab505305b6@linaro.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:50:07 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Amrit Anand <quic_amrianan@...cinc.com>,
 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 22/01/2024 11:10, Amrit Anand wrote:
> 
> 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.

No.

Best regards,
Krzysztof