ARM Mashine ID

[Michael Roth <mroth@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm ported the actual kernel to a new at91sam9261 based board and would
like to publish the work.
The manufacturer of the board only provides a relativly old kernel with
some ugly hacks and shortcuts.

In fact the board consists of three separate parts: A CPU-board, an
adapter board and an evaluation board. All three parts are separately
and publicly purchasable.

So my question is: Should I register three different mashine IDs for the
three different configurations (CPU board alone, CPU board plus adapter,
or all three parts together) or should I only register one ID and assume
the complete setup consisting of cpu board, adapter board and evaluation
board together?

Personally I tend to the second solution, only one mashine ID for the
whole setup. Because if a user only choose the cpu board with or without
the adapter board, he have to hack the kernel anyway to fit his specific
application.


Michael Roth

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