Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT "/chosen/linux,atags" entry

From	Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT "/chosen/linux,atags" entry
Date	2015-11-27 16:00 +0100
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* Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> [151127 00:39]:
> On Thursday 26 November 2015 12:39:30 Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > Just to explore options.. How about make a minimal device driver that
> > just loads the atags blob from /lib/firmware and then shows it in
> > /proc/atags? Of course some checking on the atags should be done by
> > the driver..
> 
> And who can dynamically create that blob file in /lib/firmware? If
> kernel does not export those atags (somehow) from bootloader, then
> userspace is not able to create that blob... cyclic problem.
> 
> So no, problem is that bootloader provides via custom atags dynamic
> information like: boot reason (how was device started, by rtc alarm? by
> reboot? by usb charger? by power button?), boot mode (should be enter
> into firmware update mode?, is this normal boot mode?), ... and those
> information are needed for some proprietary software (e.g. firmware
> upgrade/flash) but also by any other open source applications (based on
> usb charger we enter different runlevel -- for just only charging
> device).

OK if the ATAGs are not static then naturally we can't create the blobs
then.

Regards,

Tony
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Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2015-11-22 08:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2015-11-23 15:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> - 2015-11-25 19:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-25 20:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> - 2015-11-25 22:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-25 22:40 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 22:50 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-25 23:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 23:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT "/chosen/linux,atags"  entry Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 05:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 10:10 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> - 2015-11-26 21:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 22:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2015-11-27 09:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Michael Trimarchi <michael@amarulasolutions.com> - 2015-11-27 09:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Michael Trimarchi <michael@amarulasolutions.com> - 2015-11-27 10:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> - 2015-11-27 16:00 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-27 14:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-27 21:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-27 22:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> - 2015-11-28 00:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-28 13:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-28 14:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-28 13:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> - 2015-11-28 18:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT "/chosen/linux,atags"  entry Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> - 2015-11-28 22:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-29 19:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2015-11-29 19:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-30 00:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 01:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 5/5] arm: boot: store ATAGs structure into DT  "/chosen/linux,atags" entry Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> - 2015-11-30 01:20 +0100

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