On Friday 06 March 2015 14:37:52 Kumar Gala wrote: > On Mar 6, 2015, at 1:15 PM, Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 8:08 AM, Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> On Mar 5, 2015, at 7:59 PM, Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On Mar 5, 2015, at 1:42 PM, Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >>>>> > >>>>>> The top level qcom,msm-id and qcom,board-id are utilized by bootloaders > >>>>>> on Qualcomm MSM platforms to determine which device tree should be > >>>>>> utilized and passed to the kernel. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Cc: <devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>> > >>>>> Is this the special magic that allows qcom bootloaders to take a kernel > >>>>> plus multiple DTBs and figure out which DTB to pass? > >>>>> > >>>>> Kevin > >>>> > >>>> yes > >>> > >>> That's a bummer. > >>> > >>> Luckily, the solution for upstream is still quite simple: Provide only > >>> one devicetree, and it'll be used, right? > >> > >> We can provide only one, we still need the IDs in the DT. > > > > How are the DTS provided? Concatenated with the kernel, or in a > > wrapped data format? Or in a separate partition from the kernel? > > Its a wrapped data format that is than concatenated with the kernel if I remember correctly. Then you should be able to create a tool that can write this concatenated format and insert these properties from a table that matches the boot loader, right? Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arm-msm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
