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

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Feb 15 12:42:38 EST 2007


> Is there some harm is having them set in the .dts?
>
> I can see 'linux,boot-cpu' may vary on a SMP, but the majority
> of .dts's are for uniproc's

The way this is handled in the OF binding, only multi-processor
systems are required to explicitly state their boot CPU (in
/chosen/cpu).  It's quite silly to require this for single
CPU systems.


Segher




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