ACK: [SRU][I/raspi][H/raspi][F/raspi][PATCH 0/1] Missing overlays/README (LP: #1954757)

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Wed Dec 15 12:57:28 UTC 2021


Acked-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>

On 12/15/21 2:00 AM, Juerg Haefliger wrote:
> [ Impact ]
> 
> overlays/README is used by the 'dtoverlay' command to display info on available overlays and params.
> 
> [ Test Case ]
> 
> $ apt install libraspberrypi-bin
> $ dtoverlay -h uart0
> * Help file not found
> 
> With the README present:
> $ dtoverlay -h uart0
> Name:   uart0
> 
> Info:   Change the pin usage of uart0
> 
> Usage:  dtoverlay=uart0,<param>=<val>
> 
> Params: txd0_pin                GPIO pin for TXD0 (14, 32 or 36 - default 14)
> 
>          rxd0_pin                GPIO pin for RXD0 (15, 33 or 37 - default 15)
> 
>          pin_func                Alternative pin function - 4(Alt0) for 14&15,
>                                  7(Alt3) for 32&33, 6(Alt2) for 36&37
> 
> [ Where Problems Could Occur ]
> 
> The output of the `dtoverlay` could be wrong but it's only informational so should have no negative impact.
> 
> Juerg Haefliger (1):
>    UBUNTU: SAUCE: Install overlays/README
> 
>   arch/arm/boot/dts/overlays/Makefile | 4 ++++
>   scripts/Makefile.dtbinst            | 6 +++++-
>   2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

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Tim Gardner
Canonical, Inc



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