Re: [GIT PULL] Device tree updates for v3.12

[Grant Likely]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 05:06:39PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
>> > If I recall correctly, somebody said that things like ethernet MAC
>> > addresses etc sometimes come from DT. Is my memory going, or is that
>> > true but very rare?
>>
>> It is true and fairly common. You can also have serial numbers in the
>> DT, but that is more rare. The bootloader will also add the kernel
>> command line, initrd start and end addresses.
>
> Stuff which is common across a large number of devices is rather less
> useful to merge in.  Is there some fixed way that things like serial
> numbers and MAC addresses are tagged as such in the device tree?

Unfortunately not. There is no indication about which are the dynamic
properties.

g.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/