From: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] Flatten device tree & PPC linu
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:15:43 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48A58F8F.9010502@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080815085140.ACAB9243AB@gemini.denx.de>
Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Fundu,
>
> In message <805245.7882.qm@web63402.mail.re1.yahoo.com> you wrote:
>> Thanks for clearing that up.
>>
>> One other question, if i update to u-boot 1.3.4 or whatever is the latest, can i configure so that i doesn't use FDT to boot kernel ?
>
> You don't have to configure that - it just depoends on how you boot
> the Linux kenrel image - either you pass a device tree address (as
> the third argument to the bootm command), or you don't.
True. But if your question was really "Can I have PowerPC board
boot without a Device Tree?", then no, you can't unless you work
really hard in the wrong direction. :-)
All PowerPC converted to using the Device Tree for booting over
two years ago now.
jdl
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-15 14:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-14 20:10 [U-Boot] Flatten device tree & PPC linux Fundu
2008-08-15 1:35 ` [U-Boot] Flatten device tree & PPC linu Paul Gortmaker
2008-08-15 7:08 ` Fundu
2008-08-15 8:51 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-08-15 14:15 ` Jon Loeliger [this message]
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