[PATCH v2 1/3] devicetree: bindings: Document qcom, msm-id and qcom, board-id

Arnd Bergmann
2015-03-10T19:52:01Z

On Tuesday 10 March 2015 13:10:08 Kumar Gala wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> The top level qcom,msm-id and qcom,board-id are utilized by bootloaders
> >>>>>>>>>> on Qualcomm MSM platforms to determine which device tree should be
> >>>>>>>>>> utilized and passed to the kernel.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Cc: <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>
> >>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@codeaurora.org>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Is this the special magic that allows qcom bootloaders to take a kernel
> >>>>>>>>> plus multiple DTBs and figure out which DTB to pass?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Kevin
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> yes
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> That's a bummer.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Luckily, the solution for upstream is still quite simple: Provide only
> >>>>>>> one devicetree, and it'll be used, right?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> We can provide only one, we still need the IDs in the DT.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How are the DTS provided? Concatenated with the kernel, or in a
> >>>>> wrapped data format? Or in a separate partition from the kernel?
> >>>>
> >>>> Its a wrapped data format that is than concatenated with the kernel if I remember correctly.
> >>>
> >>> Then you should be able to create a tool that can write this concatenated
> >>> format and insert these properties from a table that matches the boot
> >>> loader, right?
> >>>
> >>> Arnd
> >>
> >> Are you suggesting the tool insert the properties in the DT? I?m not sure I understand what the point of doing that would be.
> >
> > To insert platform-local properties that mean nothing outside of the
> > firmware packaging of the device trees, which is the case here?
> >
> > I think the idea of having the installer script inserting them is
> > quite reasonable in this case.
> >
> >
> > -Olof
>
> These values are static, so not sure what the point of having the installer script do that?
>

It combines two hacks to work around a nonstandard boot loader.
Once the bootloader is fixed, you can stop using that script.

Arnd