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| author | Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.ibm.com> | 2019-08-01 16:49:31 +1000 |
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| committer | Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com> | 2019-08-02 15:25:33 +1000 |
| commit | 73ded8c7914faf98fd7fb02cca958e61b8cc0563 (patch) | |
| tree | 72e1abfcd73d7d60d2873cd183db5fcc15b9d7d1 | |
| parent | 8995ad6165b4a1518f3efd5a48ca5a8cd0be6b4b (diff) | |
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doc/device-tree/ibm, opal/firmware/version: clarify timeline of git-id vs version
Signed-off-by: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/device-tree/ibm,opal/firmware.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/device-tree/ibm,opal/firmware.rst b/doc/device-tree/ibm,opal/firmware.rst index ae84100..5e76199 100644 --- a/doc/device-tree/ibm,opal/firmware.rst +++ b/doc/device-tree/ibm,opal/firmware.rst @@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ The 'firmware' node under 'ibm,opal' lists system and OPAL firmware version. property describes OPAL symbol start address and size. ``version`` - property describes OPAL version. Replaces 'git-id', so may - not be present. On POWER9 and above, it is always present. + property describes OPAL version. It replaced a property named 'git-id' early + in the POWER8 lifecycle, so may not always be present. It will be absent on + IBM FSP based systems running firmware prior to FW840. The 'version' property + is present on all GA POWER8 BMC systems. + + On POWER9 and above, it is always present. ``mi-version`` property describes Microcode Image. Only on IBM FSP systems. |