Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755291Ab3IKVtZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:49:25 -0400 Received: from mail-ie0-f175.google.com ([209.85.223.175]:42092 "EHLO mail-ie0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752438Ab3IKVtX (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:49:23 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20130910221939.GC11063@thunk.org> References: <522F97EF.5050303@gmail.com> <20130910221939.GC11063@thunk.org> From: Grant Likely Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:49:03 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: CV4SnvNUqNLVjxCnYoT8jS6vkkI Message-ID: Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Device tree updates for v3.12 To: "Theodore Ts'o" , Rob Herring , Linus Torvalds , Tim Bird , Grant Likely , Linux Kernel Mailing List , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , Anton Blanchard Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1044 Lines: 23 On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Theodore Ts'o 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@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/