Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of linux/devicetree

Timestamp:

10/31/2017 10:12:27 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

Tim Harvey

Comment:

updated links and remove reference to dated not device-tree kernel

linux/devicetree

@@ -6 +6 @@
 Typically the bootloader will pass a 'flattened device tree' (a compiled binary representation of a device-tree) to the kernel so that the kernel can configure all the components on the board. 
 
-The Gateworks Ventana product family based off the Freescale i.MX6 CPU, uses devicetree (with the exception of the early Yocto 1.3 and Android jellybean BSP's which were based on a 3.0.35 non-device-tree kernel)
+The Gateworks Ventana product family based off the Freescale i.MX6 CPU, uses devicetree.
 
-[[Image(devicetree.png,400px)]]
 
 == Device Tree Terminology ==
@@ -19 +18 @@
 You can find the device tree files in arch/arm/boot/dts
 
-For an example, see here: [https://github.com/Gateworks/linux-imx6/blob/gateworks_3.10.53_1.1.0_ga/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw54xx.dtsi]
+For an example, see [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw54xx.dtsi imx6qdl-gw54xx.dtsi]
 
 
@@ -29 +28 @@
 Examples:
  * display the fdt of a Ventana board (loaded from NAND flash ubifs):
-{{{
+{{{#!bash
 setenv fsload 'ubifsload'
 ubi part rootfs && ubifsmount ubi0:rootfs
@@ -36 +35 @@
 }}}
  * disable PCI via device-tree:
-{{{
+{{{#!bash
 setenv fsload 'ubifsload'
 ubi part rootfs && ubifsmount ubi0:rootfs
@@ -52 +51 @@
 Examples:
  * show board model:
-{{{
+{{{#!bash
 echo $(cat /proc/device-tree/board)
 }}}
  * show board serialnumber
-{{{
+{{{#!bash
 echo $(cat /proc/device-tree/system-serial)
 }}}
  * show devicetree compatible node (this describes which device-tree was used as there is one per base-board design):
-{{{
+{{{#!bash
 echo $(cat /proc/device-tree/compatible)
 }}}
  * show chosen bootargs (the bootargs passed in by the bootloader, same as /proc/cmdline):
-{{{
+{{{#!bash
 echo $(cat /proc/device-tree/chosen/bootargs)
 }}}