[Cbe-oss-dev] [FYI 4/27] ps3: force romboot fixup

[Michael Ellerman]

On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 20:36 -0800, Geoff Levand wrote:
> Michael Ellerman wrote:
> >> --- cell--common--7.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
> >> +++ cell--common--7/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
> >> @@ -80,7 +80,11 @@
> >>  _GLOBAL(__start)
> >>         /* NOP this out unconditionally */
> >>  BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
> >> +#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_PS3)
> >> +       b       .__start_initialization_ps3
> >> +#else
> >>         b       .__start_initialization_multiplatform
> >> +#endif
> > 
> > Why is that necessary?
> 
> For testing, to use the compiled in device tree, not the
> one passed by the bootloader.

OK, I hadn't read the other patches to the startup sequence. I was just
wondering how we move towards getting that functionality integrated, but
without the hack.

cheers


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