Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:02:47 +0200 | From | "Andreas Bießmann" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH V2] avr32: add ATAG_BOARDINFO |
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Am 13.04.2011 10:07, schrieb Andreas Bießmann: > 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
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