From: scott.branden@broadcom.com (Scott Branden)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:59:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fb07b89d-d427-5e59-9f17-b12df26284ec@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOesGMhjcJ1p3QcEYb9fsx3fMXAOsgR2njOq=VKgEbWGwJi36g@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Olof,
On 18-08-29 11:44 AM, Olof Johansson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:21 AM, Scott Branden
> <scott.branden@broadcom.com> wrote:
>> Enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER to add support for the dtb= command line
>> parameter to function with efi loader.
>>
>> Required to boot on existing bootloaders that do not support devicetree
>> provided by the platform or by the bootloader.
>>
>> Fixes: 3d7ee348aa41 ("efi/libstub/arm: Add opt-in Kconfig option for the DTB loader")
>> Signed-off-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>
> Why did Ard create an option for this if it's just going be turned on
> in default configs? Doesn't make sense to me.
>
> It would help to know what firmware still is crippled and how common
> it is, since it's been a few years that this has been a requirement by
> now.
Broadcom NS2 and Stingray in current development and production need
this option in the kernel enabled in order to boot.
>
>
> -Olof
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-29 18:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-29 17:21 [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER Scott Branden
2018-08-29 18:44 ` Olof Johansson
2018-08-29 18:59 ` Scott Branden [this message]
2018-08-30 5:54 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-08-30 15:06 ` Olof Johansson
2018-08-30 16:23 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-08-31 21:28 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-02 2:54 ` Olof Johansson
2018-09-04 6:23 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-04 10:13 ` Grant Likely
2018-09-04 17:19 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-05 9:40 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-05 17:27 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-05 18:00 ` Grant Likely
2018-09-05 18:04 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-09 11:07 ` Catalin Marinas
2018-09-09 15:55 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-04 17:28 ` Olof Johansson
2018-09-05 9:37 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-05 19:09 ` Grant Likely
2018-09-10 17:53 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-10 18:01 ` Olof Johansson
2018-09-10 18:08 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-13 20:22 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-14 6:06 ` Ard Biesheuvel
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