From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jerry Van Baren Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:41:19 -0400 Subject: [U-Boot] Is there any full story about how to take advantage FDT function ? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4AA2B0CF.1050604@gmail.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Gao Ya'nan wrote: > And how to configure the kernel to minimize the code modification ? > > I am porting U-Boot and Linux to a new board with a MPC875 processor > and two serial chips, and U-Boot runs well now. I hear that the FDT > function can tell the kernel devices information more flexibly and > reduce the code modification indirectly. > > But I didn't find enough materials to make my head clear, so any tip > is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. Hi Gao, I'm not up on 8xx, but it may not have been pulled forward into the "powerpc" architecture (still "ppc"). The "powerpc" architecture switch is where linux/u-boot started using the FDT. Best regards, gvb