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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2016-07-29 18:11:32 -0700
committerKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2016-08-05 11:21:36 -0700
commit529182e204db083cb7bda832d1c5c6d9278ba1cb (patch)
treeb923eedd4b5a1e2d6cdda1af5c8bfd3b18b17189 /Documentation/devicetree
parentf38d2e5313f0af9d9b66c02a5d49c71deb994b85 (diff)
ramoops: use DT reserved-memory bindings
Instead of a ramoops-specific node, use a child node of /reserved-memory. This requires that of_platform_device_create() be explicitly called for the node, though, since "/reserved-memory" does not have its own "compatible" property. Suggested-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt (renamed from Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/ramoops.txt)8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/ramoops.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt
index cd02cec67d38..e81f821a2135 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/ramoops.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ Ramoops oops/panic logger
=========================
ramoops provides persistent RAM storage for oops and panics, so they can be
-recovered after a reboot. It is a backend to pstore, so this node is named
-"ramoops" after the backend, rather than "pstore" which is the subsystem.
+recovered after a reboot. This is a child-node of "/reserved-memory", and
+is named "ramoops" after the backend, rather than "pstore" which is the
+subsystem.
Parts of this storage may be set aside for other persistent log buffers, such
as kernel log messages, or for optional ECC error-correction data. The total
@@ -21,8 +22,7 @@ Required properties:
- compatible: must be "ramoops"
-- memory-region: phandle to a region of memory that is preserved between
- reboots
+- reg: region of memory that is preserved between reboots
Optional properties: