QUERY: How to handle SOC Configuration (Peripheral Multiplexing) in linux

[jassi brar]

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Shiraz HASHIM <shiraz.hashim at st.com> wrote:
>> usually device makers(that release product versions with same SoC but
>> different devices)
>> want a single kernel image that detects the machine type and
>> accordingly populate the
>> device support. Managing separate images for similar devices is
>> considered inefficient.
>
> Actually you have pointed to right thing and this is really important.
> Some architectures (I think ppc) have device tree option to pass the
> hardware configuration to the kernel from bootloader.
> I dont know such option exists for arm. Lets hear others' opinions.
I don't think you can't do without device-trees.