On 08:30 Wed 04 Sep , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 01:21:56PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > On 08:41 Tue 03 Sep , Antony Pavlov wrote:
> > > On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 08:33:33 +0400
> > > > -static struct NS16550_plat serial_plat = {
> > > > - .clock = 1843200, /* no matter for emulated port */
> > > > - .shift = 0,
> > > > -};
> > > > -
> > > > -static int malta_console_init(void)
> > > > -{
> > > > - barebox_set_model("qemu malta");
> > > > barebox_set_hostname("malta");
> > > >
> > >
> > > May be it is reasonable to add hostname support to dts?
> > >
> > > The lonely barebox_set_hostname() in the malta board code looks very pathetically :)
> >
> > we could use the model propertie for this
>
> The model property is already used for the verbose name of a board. I
> described it as:
>
> /*
> * The model is the verbose name of a board. It can contain
> * whitespaces, uppercase/lowcer letters, digits, ',', '.'
> * '-', '_'
> */
>
> Whereas the hostname is without whitespaces, I described it as:
>
> /*
> * The hostname is supposed to be the shortname of a board. It should
> * contain only lowercase letters, numbers, '-', '_'. No whitespaces
> * allowed.
> */
>
> I think it is reasonable to add a hostname property to the devicetree.
> The last time I thought about this I couldn't really agree with myself
> how to name it.
how about use the compatible property?
for me I'll just put
model = "toto toto toto" , "toto_toot_toto";
if no second string create a hotname on the fly by replace the forbidden char
by '_'
Best Regards,
J.
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