[Ksummit-2013-discuss] ARM topic: Is DT on ARM the solution, or is there something better?

Richard Cochran richardcochran at gmail.com
Thu Oct 24 03:32:37 EDT 2013


On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 12:29:23AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> It starts by looking up the machine ID (in procfs, but may be overridden
> because some board vendors don't set it correctly).  If the machine is
> supported using FDT then there is an associated DTB file which will have
> been installed with the kernel.  The script copies/appends this to the
> appropriate place for the boot loader.

And if the ID is not recognized, then what?

Thanks,
Richard



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