HAT auto configuration

[andrum99]

Can Raspberry Pi's currently auto configure attached HATs?

[ShiftPlusOne]

What do you mean by autoconfigure the hats?

Right now, the pi will automatically read the eeprom, which can contain a device tree fragment and default pin states. In the future, it may run scripts from the eeprom, display the HAT's documentation and so on. Right now it's mostly used for loading kernel modules and registering the specific hardware that's present on the HAT.

[andrum99]

I mean the device tree stuff, as I hadn't heard that it was already working. My Pi's are running the previous release of Raspbian and have been upgraded using apt-get. Does this get me the device tree auto configuration stuff?

[ShiftPlusOne]

I mean the device tree stuff, as I hadn't heard that it was already working. My Pi's are running the previous release of Raspbian and have been upgraded using apt-get. Does this get me the device tree auto configuration stuff?

Yes, it has been supported for quite a while. I don't know what release, but it would've been well before the Sense HAT was release, since it's relies on it.

[andrum99]

Good stuff - thanks for your speedy replies.

[ShiftPlusOne]

No worries. Good luck.