[PATCH v1.0 2/4] TS72XX: Allow to override machine ID

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Sun Oct 4 07:21:29 EDT 2009


On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 02:14:24AM +0100, Christian Gagneraud wrote:
> In early days Technologic Systems fixed the 0x163 value in redboot
> instead of 0x2a1, this patch allow to overwrite it.

This is where ensuring that the machine number is not hard coded into
the boot loader, having it as a script-settable variable or a run-time
configuration option is a win-win situation.

Patch is not suitable for the mainline kernel.



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