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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] pstore-ram: add Device Tree bindings
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 09:48 +0100
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On Thursday 07 January 2016 15:40:56 Greg Hackmann wrote:
> ramoops is one of the remaining places where ARM vendors still rely on
> board-specific shims.  Device Tree lets us replace those shims with
> generic code.
> 
> These bindings mirror the ramoops module parameters, with two small
> differences:
> 
> (1) dump_oops becomes an optional "no-dump-oops" property, since ramoops
>     sets dump_oops=1 by default.
> 
> (2) mem_type=1 becomes the more self-explanatory "unbuffered" property.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@google.com>
> ---
> Changes in V3:
> - documentation fixes
> - look for "no-ram-oops" property as documented
> 
> Changes in V2:
> - make DT binding documentation more generic
> 
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/ramoops.txt |  43 ++++++++
>  Documentation/ramoops.txt                          |   6 +-
>  fs/pstore/ram.c                                    | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/ramoops.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/ramoops.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/ramoops.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..5a475fa
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/ramoops.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
> +Ramoops oops/panic logger
> +=========================
> +
> +ramoops provides persistent RAM storage for oops and panics, so they can be
> +recovered after a reboot.
> +
> +Parts of this storage may be set aside for other persistent log buffers, such
> +as kernel log messages, or for optional ECC error-correction data.  The total
> +size of these optional buffers must fit in the reserved region.
> +
> +Any remaining space will be used for a circular buffer of oops and panic
> +records.  These records have a configurable size, with a size of 0 indicating
> +that they should be disabled.
> +
> +
> +Required properties:
> +
> +- compatible: must be "ramoops"
> +
> +- memory-region: phandle to a region of memory that is preserved between reboots
> +

I still think putting it into the pstore node would be better here.

	Arnd