On 30 March 2015 at 12:37, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> wrote: > For DT patches, please send to devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; this affects > more than just ARM. Ofc, sorry. > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 11:14:48PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote: >> Device vendors often assign IDs to their devices to allow comparing >> firmware image with device model. This is required to prevent users >> from flashing incompatible image and soft-bricking device. >> Add device_id property to DTs to allow user space (and optionally >> bootloader) verifying firmware images. > > This sounds like exactly what the "model" property is meant to be (per > ePAPR) -- a string that specifices the manufacturer's model number of > the device, ideally in "manufacturer,model" format. What if manufacturer decided to use some totally unfriendly ID for their low-level (firmware upgrade) model identification? I can't really see us using model = "U12H245T00_NETGEAR" which would mean nothing compared to the current friendly: model = "Netgear R6250 V1 (BCM4708)" -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
