Re: [PATCH v6] pstore/ram: Add ramoops support for the Flattened Device Tree.
From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Jan 05 2016 - 20:06:24 EST
[fixing devicetree mailing list]
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [thread necromancy, if you don't have the thread locally, it's here:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1426261/]
>
> We still need to solve this, and John pinged me about it today. Where
> does this stand?
>
> -Kees
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Anton Vorontsov <anton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 12:54:01PM -0700, Bryan Freed wrote:
>> [...]
>>> And as a more general question, why should we try not to put
>>> configuration in the device tree? It seems like a great (and
>>> portable) place to put this stuff.
>>> It certainly seems better to have it there than hardwired in the
>>> kernel or tacked onto the kernel command line.
>>
>> But then we have two in-kernel APIs to pass kernel parameters? So we'll
>> have to maintain two ways of passing the options for each driver. That is
>> hardly a good solution.
>>
>> If you would like to see a convenient way to pass kernel/module options
>> via the device tree, I would suggest implementing something like this:
>>
>> chosen {
>> kernel-options {
>> linux,pstore.record-size = 123;
>> linux,foo = "bar";
>> };
>> };
>>
>> And then let the kernel translate all these to module_param_*().
>>
>> I am still not sure about placing the options along with devices layout,
>> but if we go this route, then that is also viable:
>>
>> pstore-node {
>> linux,pstore.record-size = 123;
>> };
>>
>> And translate "linux,*" this to module_param_*().
>>
>> How does that sound?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Anton
>
>
>
> --
> Kees Cook
> Chrome OS & Brillo Security
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Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security
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