From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from az33egw01.freescale.net (az33egw01.freescale.net [192.88.158.102]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD703DDE0D for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:05:43 +1100 (EST) Received: from az33smr01.freescale.net (az33smr01.freescale.net [10.64.34.199]) by az33egw01.freescale.net (8.12.11/az33egw01) with ESMTP id l1EE5eAW029702 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:05:41 -0700 (MST) Received: from Artemis.local (mvp-10-214-73-46.am.freescale.net [10.214.73.46]) by az33smr01.freescale.net (8.13.1/8.13.0) with ESMTP id l1EE5ew0002364 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:05:40 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <45D31734.7030808@freescale.com> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:05:40 -0600 From: Timur Tabi MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu and chosen nodes from all DTS files References: <11713852392294-git-send-email-timur@freescale.com> <20070214003119.GF11491@localhost.localdomain> <45D29BBA.7090401@freescale.com> <20070214052440.GB12609@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20070214052440.GB12609@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , David Gibson wrote: > The interrupt-controller property in /chosen just points to the > system's top-level interrupt controller to make it easier for the > kernel to find in the tree. I think most platforms don't actually > need or use it at present, but booting-without-of does recommend it. > > As such it's a property of the board, not something which will change > from boot to boot. It would therefore be rather strange for the > bootloader to poke this property. That's all the more reason to delete the 'chosen' section, isn't it? Sicne it's wrong, deleting the entire section will just make the problem go away. Or am I missing something?