prometheus / prometheus/node_exporter

Please collect data from /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/

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Description

Raspberry Pis and other SBCs (like Odroid) expose their device tree in /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/. They contain data like model that expose the hardware model (similar to the node_dmi_info collector).

Proposal: add a devicetree collector that reads:

  • /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/name (empty on my systems)
  • /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/model (example: Raspberry Pi Zero W Rev 1.1)
  • /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/compatible (example: raspberrypi,model-zero-wbrcm,bcm2835)
  • /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/serial-number (example: 16 digit hex string)

And expose those data in node_devicetree_info.

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Research direction

Start with the existing node_dmi_info collector and inspect the /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/ paths listed in the issue. Done means a devicetree collector exposes name, model, compatible, and serial-number data in node_devicetree_info.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go, linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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