Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Apr 2015 20:11:38 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] Documentation: ABI: /sys/firmware/devicetree/overlays |
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 08:51:20PM +0300, Pantelis Antoniou wrote: > Hi Greg, > > > On Apr 24, 2015, at 23:31 , Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 12:45:44PM +0300, Pantelis Antoniou wrote: > >> Documentation ABI entry for overlays sysfs entries. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> > >> --- > >> .../ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-devicetree-overlays | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > >> 1 file changed, 23 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..6b81f1c > >> --- /dev/null > >> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-devicetree-overlays > >> @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ > >> +What: /sys/firmware/devicetree/overlays/ > >> +Date: March 2015 > >> +Contact: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> > >> +Description: > >> + This directory contains the applied device tree overlays of > >> + the running system, as directories of the overlay id. > > > > "as"? > > > >> + > >> + enable: The master enable switch, by default is 1, and when > >> + set to 0 it cannot be re-enabled for security reasons. > > > > What are those reasons? > > > > There’s a whole subthread with Grant & Kees going over security concerns. > > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.devicetree/101871
Great, document it here please, so that others know this :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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