RFC: Adding U-Boot version in FDT chosen node

[Francesco Dolcini]

+Tom

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 08:17:55PM +0200, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have a need to pass the u-boot version string to the operating
> system and I'm thinking at adding `u-boot,version` property storing
> `version_string` in it in the FDT `chosen` node.
> 
> Is this something that would be generally useful? Would be a patch like
> that acceptable in upstream u-boot? Is there any other obvious way to
> achieve something like that already implemented (using the cmdline would
> work without any code change, but probably not the nicest solution).

Any concern on this Tom? I'm asking you directly since you recently
acknowledged another change [0] related to the chosen node.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220412201444.GN14282@bill-the-cat/

Francesco