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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/device-tree/ibm,opal/firmware.rst | 8 |
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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. |