From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: galak@codeaurora.org (Kumar Gala) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:23:08 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation: devicetree: root node serial-number property documentation In-Reply-To: References: <1427564371-26039-1-git-send-email-contact@paulk.fr> <1429175421.2483.1.camel@collins> Message-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org > On Apr 16, 2015, at 9:36 AM, Rob Herring wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 4:10 AM, Paul Kocialkowski wrote: >> Le jeudi 16 avril 2015 ? 09:56 +0200, Stefan Agner a ?crit : >>> On 2015-03-28 18:39, Paul Kocialkowski wrote: >>>> Signed-off-by: Paul Kocialkowski >>> >>> I think this is a worthwhile standardization. >>> >>> Acked-by: Stefan Agner >> >> Thanks! I should also add a commit message in v2 mentioning that this is >> already used in open firmware and reported by lshw. > > With that, > > Acked-by: Rob Herring > >> >>>> --- >>>> Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt | 4 ++++ >>>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt >>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt >>>> index 7768518..8b055897 100644 >>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt >>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt >>>> @@ -828,6 +828,10 @@ address which can extend beyond that limit. >>>> name may clash with standard defined ones, you prefix them with your >>>> vendor name and a comma. >>>> >>>> + Additional properties for the root node: >>>> + >>>> + - serial-number : a string representing the board's serial number >>>> + >>>> b) The /cpus node >>>> >>>> This node is the parent of all individual CPU nodes. It doesn't >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > linux-arm-kernel mailing list > linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel I feel like this is a little lite either in the doc or commit message. Is the string completely arbitrary? Is it meant to match labeling on a board or case? Is this meant to be used by the kernel at all? -- Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project