[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] nitrogen6x: Pass the correct CPU revision to the kernel

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Dirk Behme,

In message <5144A401.9020209 at gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> I think the OMAP/Beagle community introduced serial EEPROMs to 
> identify their (add on) boards.

There are many such ad-hoc approaches, and most of them are just a
PITA.  If you are trying to optimize boot times, it is really a pain
if you have to wait for inherently slow devives like EEPROMs on a I2C
bus etc.

Also, this addresses only the first half of the problem - the source
of the information. The other half is how to pass the information to
the kernel (-> DT).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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