Re: Bringing Mobian closer to Debian
Hi,
On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 11:57:55AM +0200, Arnaud Ferraris wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Le 08/09/2021 à 21:42, Arnaud Ferraris a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > Le 08/09/2021 à 11:40, Guido Günther a écrit :
> >> Currently systemd looks at DMI data and ACPI so we'd need to extend that
> >> logic to either a lookup table based on
> >> e.g. /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/compatible or to export the chassis
> >> type in /sys based on a DT property¹ (or likely both: the later being
> >> the preferred solution and the former being the user space quirk table).
> >> I have had this on my list for some time but it keeps slipping but
> >> didn't get around to it yet but just bumped it in priority a little.
> >
> > A DT property would definitely make sense, I just opened a MR on the DT
> > spec for that:
> >
> > https://github.com/devicetree-org/devicetree-specification/pull/45
>
> Following up on that, the 'chassis-type' property has been added the the
> device-tree specification, and support for it has just been merged in
> systemd:
>
> https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20731
That's great news, thanks!
-- Guido
>
> Now I'm preparing a bunch of kernel patches for adding this property to
> phones and tablets already present upstream, see the latest commit of
> this branch:
>
> https://gitlab.com/a-wai/linux/-/tree/chassis-type
>
> I'll break it down per SoC vendor before submitting, but in the meantime
> any feedback is welcome.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Arnaud
>
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