Re: [PATCH 3/3] commands: add of_bootargs command.

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On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 10:28:48AM +0100, Tomaz Solc wrote:
> When booting a Raspberry Pi, it is useful to extract bootargs from the
> device tree that was created by the VideoCore firmware. These bootargs
> contain for example settings for the framebuffer that the kernel needs
> to properly set the video output.
> 
> This commit adds an of_bootargs command that extracts a bootargs
> property from a device tree and saves it to a global variable.
> 
> For example, a bootloader environment can use this command to extract
> the bootargs to linux.bootargs.vc, which then gets included into the
> final bootargs for the kernel using CONFIG_FLEXIBLE_BOOTARGS.

Do we need an extra command for this? Can't you just unflatten the
VideoCore provided device tree in the board code you have added in 2/3
and set global.linux.bootargs.vc from there? It seems to be just the
right thing without further user intervention.

Sascha

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