[coreboot] [PATCH] v3: convert fake SPD to struct spd_entry

Peter Stuge peter at stuge.se
Thu Feb 28 00:13:55 CET 2008


On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 09:55:54AM -0700, Marc Jones wrote:
> As for the SPD in the dts (which I assume means in the statictree)

Not neccessarily why I wanted it in the dts.


> I don't think so but for very minor reasons. It would take up a
> bunch of space in the statictree when it is only needed by initram.

Needed yes, but maybe the information would be interesting for
operating systems. EDAC?


> It would also be more convoluted to access it in the statictree.
> If someone has a good reason, I could be convinced that it should
> go in the dts.

I view the dts as hardware description; relevant parts of netlist
and bom distilled a bit. I think it makes sense to include RAM parts
as well, if known.


//Peter




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