Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBone Cape EEPROM format update

2015-02-10 Thread Gerald Coley
I wrote the spec. This is what I wanted in there. I don't control what the SW population is able to handle. I prefer not to make a statement that all of sudden may become false based on a SW implementation event. Gerald On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 8:03 PM, Josh Datko jbda...@gmail.com wrote: On

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBone Cape EEPROM format update

2015-02-10 Thread Joshua Datko
Gerald, That makes sense. It sounds like, from the SRM's standpoint this data is required whether or not software makes use of it. Thanks for the response, Josh -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBone Cape EEPROM format update

2015-02-09 Thread Philip Polstra
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.

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBone Cape EEPROM format update

2015-02-09 Thread Josh Datko
On Mon, 2015-02-09 at 20:08 -0500, Philip Polstra wrote: 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

[beagleboard] BeagleBone Cape EEPROM format update

2015-02-09 Thread Joshua Datko
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