Dear Simon, In message <capnjgz3apwsjzv7zpe+b8a58zu-dxhdrglcyiwhcm6dqqyf...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > > please don't dual-purpose device trees as a mechanism of getting > > arguments through the kernel into userspace - device trees strictly > > describe the hardware. > > That's certainly the primary purpose, but it is also true that the > device tree is a convenient way to pass things to the kernel. It is in > fact becoming the only way on ARM systems. We certainly use it to pass > general information to the kernel, for example the command line.
I think Kim is right in pointing out that this was given the name DEVICE tree for a reason - it's not being called "general purpose information tree". You may be right that it's a convenient way to pass information to the kernel - ut note that the original question said: "The arguments are needed by user space applications, not the kernel." I think using the kernel command line here ins more appropriate. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de "An organization dries up if you don't challenge it with growth." - Mark Shepherd, former President and CEO of Texas Instruments _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot