Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: Revert disabling of smc91x for n900

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

Hi!

> >> Sure, updated patch below. Can somebody please test boot it on
> >> a production n900 too to make sure it no longer causes issues?
> > 
> > Actually... how do you manage your n900 to boot? Does it also boot
> > from 0xffff?
> > 
> > I believe I'm hitting dtb size limit (again), and 3.19-rc3 does not boot
> > unless I somehow make dtb smaller... like the patch below.
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > make dtb smaller so that it boots.
> 
> I am using chained boot (NOLO->u-boot->kernel (zImage +dtb
> concatenated) on a real n900
> 
> I have the same issue as well. using omap2plus_defconfig.
> I was able to bisect next tags as follows: next-20141128 worked,
> next-20141201 stopped booting and the change was new dts addition,
> removing the dts addition helped next-20141201 boot as well.
> 
> Current state:
> 
> https://github.com/nmenon/kernel-test-logs/blob/next-20150107/omap2plus_defconfig/n900.txt#L447
> 
> https://github.com/nmenon/kernel-test-logs/blob/v3.19-rc3/omap2plus_defconfig/n900.txt#L448
> 
> 
> I had complained originally here:
> http://marc.info/?t=141946203100001&r=1&w=2 Apologies on not following
> up on the thread, got distracted.

Actually, I noticed this some time ago, and there's some additional
discussion at

Subject: Re: dtb size limit? was Re: Tiny dts change breaks boot on n900
Message-ID: <20141110150915.GH31454@atomide.com>

Best regards,
									Pavel

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