Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753628AbbFLTih (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:38:37 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com ([209.85.212.178]:34206 "EHLO mail-wi0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753624AbbFLTie (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:38:34 -0400 From: Pantelis Antoniou To: Rob Herring Cc: Grant Likely , Andrew Morton , Matt Porter , Koen Kooi , Guenter Roeck , Greg Kroah-Hartman , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org, Pantelis Antoniou , Pantelis Antoniou Subject: [PATCH v4 4/4] Documentation: ABI: /sys/firmware/devicetree/overlays Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 22:38:16 +0300 Message-Id: <1434137896-13806-5-git-send-email-pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.12 In-Reply-To: <1434137896-13806-1-git-send-email-pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> References: <1434137896-13806-1-git-send-email-pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2277 Lines: 57 Documentation ABI entry for overlays sysfs entries. Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou --- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-devicetree-overlays | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-devicetree-overlays diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-devicetree-overlays b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-devicetree-overlays new file mode 100644 index 0000000..be2d28b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-devicetree-overlays @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +What: /sys/firmware/devicetree/overlays/ +Date: March 2015 +Contact: Pantelis Antoniou +Description: + This directory contains the applied device tree overlays of + the running system, as directories of the overlay id. + + enable: The master enable switch, by default is 1, and when + set to 0 it cannot be re-enabled for security reasons. + +What: /sys/firmware/devicetree/overlays/ +Date: March 2015 +Contact: Pantelis Antoniou +Description: + Each directory represents an applied overlay, containing + the following attribute files. + + The discussion about this switch takes place in: + http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.devicetree/101871 + + Kees Cook: + "Coming from the perspective of drawing a bright line between + kernel and the root user (which tends to start with disabling + kernel module loading), I would say that there at least needs + to be a high-level one-way "off" switch for the interface so + that systems that have this interface can choose to turn it off + during initial boot, etc." + + targets: A file containing the list of targets of each overlay + with each line containing a target. + + can_remove: The attribute set to 1 means that the overlay can + be removed, while 0 means that the overlay is being + overlapped therefore removal is prohibited. + -- 1.7.12 -- 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/