I remember populating this info for my XBee Cape, only to find that it is
not used at all.  I think it is still a good idea to have the info in there
in case it is really used in the future.  In theory it should be possible
to have the cape configured without the need for a DTB file for each cape.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Joshua Datko <jbda...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The SRM defines a very specific format for BeagleBone Black cape
> EEPROMs[1]. AFAIK, the only fields that are actually required are the Board
> Name and Version, which is used on boot to load the appropriate DTS file.
> If this is the case can we change the other fields to optional?
>
> There's a lot of great meta information in there, but if it's not required
> can the documentation be changed to make it explicitly not required?
>
> Josh
>
> [1] Table 17, section 8.2.4, page 101 of
> https://github.com/CircuitCo/BeagleBone-Black/blob/master/BBB_SRM.pdf?raw=true
>
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