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Device Tree Patches Posted For Review To Boot Linux On Apple A7 To A11 Devices

Device Tree patches have been posted to the Linux kernel mailing list for review and possible upstreaming to the mainline Linux kernel for booting Apple iPhones, iPads, and iPods that use the A7 to A11 SoCs.

The DT support was worked out by open-source developer Konrad Dybcio and posted to the LKML by Nick Chan with additional modifications. This series supports the following on all devices: - SMP (spin-table) - UART - simple-framebuffer - watchdog - timer - pinctrl - AIC interrupts Those interested in seeing these older Apple device/SoC support with the mainline Linux kernel can see this patch series now under review.

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