[PATCH 0/3] patches to allow DTB to be appended to the ARM zImage

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Tue Jun 14 17:42:29 EDT 2011


On Tuesday 14 June 2011 23:21:52 Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> Otherwise, if the revision number is effectively non probable, then I 
> would guess it is the device tree's purpose to carry that information 
> somehow, right?  Maybe this can be appended to the board name string?

That's what I meant with adding it to "compatible", which is a list of
strings with varying degrees of detailed information, e.g.

  ti,omap7
  ti,omap7-squirrelboard
  ti,omap7-squirrelboard-v3
  ti,omap7-squirrelboard-v3.17b

You can match the list against a specific revision or a less specific
identifier if you just want to know whether you are on a squirrelboard
or a hamsterboard.

	Arnd



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