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What: /sys/firmware/devicetree/*
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Date: November 2013
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-Contact: Grant Likely <grant.likely@linaro.org>
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+Contact: Grant Likely <grant.likely@arm.com>, devicetree@vger.kernel.org
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Description:
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When using OpenFirmware or a Flattened Device Tree to enumerate
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hardware, the device tree structure will be exposed in this
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@@ -26,3 +26,27 @@ Description:
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name plus address). Properties are represented as files
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in the directory. The contents of each file is the exact
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binary data from the device tree.
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+What: /sys/firmware/fdt
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+Date: February 2015
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+KernelVersion: 3.19
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+Contact: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>, devicetree@vger.kernel.org
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+Description:
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+ Exports the FDT blob that was passed to the kernel by
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+ the bootloader. This allows userland applications such
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+ as kexec to access the raw binary. This blob is also
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+ useful when debugging since it contains any changes
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+ made to the blob by the bootloader.
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+
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+ The fact that this node does not reside under
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+ /sys/firmware/device-tree is deliberate: FDT is also used
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+ on arm64 UEFI/ACPI systems to communicate just the UEFI
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+ and ACPI entry points, but the FDT is never unflattened
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+ and used to configure the system.
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+
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+ A CRC32 checksum is calculated over the entire FDT
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+ blob, and verified at late_initcall time. The sysfs
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+ entry is instantiated only if the checksum is valid,
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+ i.e., if the FDT blob has not been modified in the mean
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+ time. Otherwise, a warning is printed.
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+Users: kexec, debugging
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