[PATCH 1/2] of/flattree: Eliminate need to provide early_init_dt_scan_chosen_arch

[David Daney]

On 10/12/2010 11:44 PM, Grant Likely wrote:
> This patch refactors the early init parsing of the chosen node so that
> architectures aren't forced to provide an empty implementation of
> early_init_dt_scan_chosen_arch.  Instead, if an architecture wants to
> do something different, it can either use a wrapper function around
> early_init_dt_scan_chosen(), or it can replace it altogether.
>
> This patch was written in preparation to adding device tree support to
> both x86 ad MIPS.
>
> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely<grant.likely at secretlab.ca>

In conjunction with my 'MIPS: Add some irq definitins required by OF' 
and the '2/2 of/mips: Add device tree support to MIPS' patches, I can 
enable CONFIG_USE_OF, and build and run a kernel on my Octeon.  I 
haven't started using the device tree yet, but this is a good start.

You can add my...

Tested-by: David Daney <ddaney at caviumnetworks.com>


> ---
>   arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c |    5 -----
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c    |   12 ++++++++++--
>   drivers/of/fdt.c              |    2 --
>   include/linux/of_fdt.h        |    2 +-
>   4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
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