[PATCH] devicetree: Remove remaining references/tests for "chosen at 0"
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Sun Sep 3 22:02:34 AEST 2017
On Sun, 2017-09-03 at 06:43 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> however, given the diff stat of the change to remove every single
> reference to that node name in the current kernel source:
>
> arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c | 3 +--
> arch/mips/generic/yamon-dt.c | 4 ----
> arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c | 7 ++-----
> drivers/of/base.c | 2 --
> drivers/of/fdt.c | 5 +----
> 5 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> it seems inconsistent that three architectures would be testing for
> that node, but none of the rest. consistency suggests that every
> architecture should take it into account, or none should.
>
> anyway, not a big deal, i'm fine with any decision.
powerpc is the only one of the 3 who has an actual open firmware
implementation afaik.
In any case, I think you can probably remove from microblaze and
possibly mips but I'm a bit worried about the generic case and powerpc
boot.
Cheers,
Ben.
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