devicetree
A data structure placed in memory by a computer system (such as firmware) that contains information about the available hardware on the system, allowing operating systems to automatically discover it.
Noun
- A data structure placed in memory by a computer system (such as firmware) that contains information about the available hardware on the system, allowing operating systems to automatically discover it.
Origin
From device + tree, referring to a tree data structure that encodes the properties of the given device.