Re: [PATCH V2] avr32: add ATAG_BOARDINFO

[Andreas BieÃmann]

Am 13.04.2011 10:07, schrieb Andreas BieÃmann:
> The ATAG_BOARDINFO is intended to hand over the information
> bd->bi_board_number from u-boot to the kernel.
> 
> This piece of information can be used to implement some kind of board
> identification while booting the kernel. Therefore it is placed in .initdata
> section and can be accessed via the new symbol board_number only while
> initializing the kernel.

Tested with mainline u-boot plus patch
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot/97573 on atstk1002.

regards

Andreas BieÃmann
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