linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: arm: bcm2835: Specify /system/linux,revision property

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Message-ID: <Zo2VEZ3kHmYtU1_T@probook>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 21:52:49 +0200
From: J. Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>,
	Broadcom internal kernel review list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
	Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>, Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>, Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@....net>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: arm: bcm2835: Specify
 /system/linux,revision property

On Mon, Jul 08, 2024 at 04:13:10PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 08/07/2024 01:08, Jonathan Neuschäfer wrote:
> > The Raspberry Pi bootloader provides a revision code[0] in the
> > devicetree, at /system/linux,revision. This patch adds
> > /system/linux,revision to the schema to allow it to be used in
> > mainline Linux.
>
> Sorry, no, we do not document stuff for various out of tree things.
> Otherwise we would have to accept hundreds of ridiculous, vendor properties.

Fair enough.

> Fix your bootloader or make it upstream.

There is no open source upstream for this bootloader. It is (sadly)
Broadcom's own proprietary code.

Not sure what fixing it would entail.


Jonathan