From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDD74C433DB for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2021 08:55:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71DBB65015 for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2021 08:55:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229628AbhCFIqA (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Mar 2021 03:46:00 -0500 Received: from elvis.franken.de ([193.175.24.41]:48168 "EHLO elvis.franken.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229617AbhCFIpn (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Mar 2021 03:45:43 -0500 Received: from uucp (helo=alpha) by elvis.franken.de with local-bsmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1lISZA-00059N-00; Sat, 06 Mar 2021 09:45:40 +0100 Received: by alpha.franken.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 45210C112A; Sat, 6 Mar 2021 09:45:13 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 09:45:13 +0100 From: Thomas Bogendoerfer To: Rob Herring Cc: Paul Cercueil , od@zcrc.me, "open list:MIPS" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: boot/compressed: Copy DTB to aligned address Message-ID: <20210306084513.GA5453@alpha.franken.de> References: <20210303193305.924384-1-paul@crapouillou.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 02:37:55PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote: > On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 1:33 PM Paul Cercueil wrote: > > > > Since 5.12-rc1, the Device Tree blob must now be properly aligned. > > I had checked the other built-in cases as microblaze broke too, but > missed some of the many ways MIPS can have a dtb. Appended and > built-in DTBs were supposed to be temporary. :( and a fdt can also be provided by firmware. And according to spec there is no aligmnet requirement. So this whole change will break then. What was the reason for the whole churn ? Thomas. -- Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessarily a good idea. [ RFC1925, 2.3 ]