[PATCH] powerpc: dtb and purgatory support for ppc32

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Oct 2 22:52:37 EST 2008


On Oct 1, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:

> From: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy at linutronix.de>
>
> Some code dtb scanning & filling has been borrowed from ppc64.
> The old behavior is still available if compiled with GameCube,
> other PowerPC platform use the can purgatory and specify a new
> dtb.
> The purgatory is disabled because somehting is wrong and I dunno
> the reason. Booting a self containd cuImage (incl. dtb / wiuthout
> the need for a bd sturct) can be booted.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy at linutronix.de>
> ---
> kexec/arch/ppc/Makefile            |    1 +
> kexec/arch/ppc/kexec-elf-ppc.c     |  167 ++++++++++----
> kexec/arch/ppc/kexec-elf-rel-ppc.c |    4 +
> kexec/arch/ppc/kexec-ppc.c         |  469 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
> ++++++++-
> purgatory/arch/ppc/Makefile        |    1 +
> purgatory/arch/ppc/purgatory-ppc.c |    4 +
> purgatory/arch/ppc/v2wrap.S        |   54 ++++
> 7 files changed, 652 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 purgatory/arch/ppc/v2wrap.S

I think I might have realized some of my confusion.. is this patch to  
the kernel or to some kexec tool?   If its to the kernel I don't  
answer at all.  If its to some kexec tool than that wasn't clear at all.

- k



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