[PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu and chosen nodes from all DTSfiles

[David Gibson]

On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 02:09:19PM -0700, Yoder Stuart-B08248 wrote:
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt [mailto:benh at kernel.crashing.org] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:55 PM
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > > 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
> 
> Why do we need the chosen node in the dts files?   Is it to generalize
> the dts files for use beyond u-boot?
> 
> What meaningful properties should it have in the dts?

'interrupt-controller'

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