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SubjectRe: [GIT PULL] Device tree updates for v3.12
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> 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.


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