[PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu and chosen nodes from all DTS files
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Feb 15 07:54:33 EST 2007
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 08:03 -0600, Timur Tabi wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>
> >> I just don't understand why it's okay to leave it there.
> >
> > To make sure there is one. I suspect kernel bits might get upset if it's
> > absent.
>
> That's not what I meant. What I don't understand is: what's so special
> about the 8272 that its DTS should have a 'chosen' section, but no other
> DTS needs one?
>
> Obviously, the kernel needs a 'chosen' section, and that's why U-Boot
> adds one. And since U-Boot adds one, the DTS itself doesn't need one.
> Does the 8272 never use U-Boot?
I'm not talking specifically about the 8272. I think we should at it
back to all dts's
Ben.
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