[PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu and chosen nodes from all DTS files
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Feb 15 08:17:02 EST 2007
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 15:02 -0600, Timur Tabi wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>
> >> 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
>
> Ugh. Considering that U-Boot overrides whatever is in the 'chosen' section, can
> you tell me why you think it should be there? If we put an empty 'chosen'
> section in the DTS files, are we actually doing anything meaningful?
>
> In the interest of saving time, I'm going to respin my patch without the
> 'chosen' section removed.
In case somebody wants to use something else than uboot ? I'd like the
base structure of the mandatory nodes to be there. /chosen is mandatory,
so it should be there.
Ben.
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