[PATCH] of/flattree: use callback to setup initrd from /chosen

[Michael Ellerman]

On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 18:54 +0800, Jeremy Kerr wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> > >  void early_init_dt_setup_initrd_arch(unsigned long start,
> > > 				      unsigned long end);
> > 
> > arch_early_init_dt_setup_initrd() makes more sense to me, but ..
> 
> <foo>_arch has been the general convention for arch-specific hooks in 
> drivers/of/.

Yuck, doh, guess I should have read those patches before they went in :)

> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
> > > +void __init early_init_dt_setup_initrd_arch(unsigned long start,
> > > +		unsigned long end)
> > > +{
> > > +	initrd_start = (unsigned long)__va(start);
> > > +	initrd_end = (unsigned long)__va(end);
> > > +	initrd_below_start_ok = 1;
> > > +}
> > > +#endif
> > 
> > Given you have two identical implementations why not make that the
> > default and make it weak, and let ARM override it.
> 
> Yeah, that would be good too; just been avoiding weak as a potential source of 
> magic voodoo complexity. Grant - up to you on this one.

Yeah, depends on what toolchains you're supporting, modern ones should
be OK but it can be troublesome.

cheers


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