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Name Devicetree Blob (DTB)
Version 17
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Identifiers PUID:  fmt/1617
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Description DeviceTree Blobs are a binary representation of a DeviceTree, which represents computer hardware layout, addresses, and interconnections. They enable details to be passed to the operating system as it boots up, instead of hard coding details of a device into that operating system. This signature describes version 17 of DeviceTree, however it may apply to other versions of the dtb file. Please get in touch if you have information which can help refine this signature.
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Related file formats None.
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Developed by DeviceTree / DeviceTree
Supported by DeviceTree / DeviceTree
Source Oliver Mattos / Oliver Mattos
Source date 03 Feb 2022
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Last updated 03 Feb 2022
Note https://github.com/devicetree-org/devicetree-specification/releases/download/v0.3/devicetree-specification-v0.3.pdf
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