From: Michael Ellerman <michaelellerman@internode.on.net>
To: Jimi Xenidis <jimix@watson.ibm.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Subject: Re: [patch][rfc]flattened device tree: Passing a dtb (blob) to Linux.
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:07:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1144926434.7777.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C67D530F-2629-4D6B-986B-0FC7CFE525BF@watson.ibm.com>
On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 06:37 -0400, Jimi Xenidis wrote:
> On Apr 13, 2006, at 1:36 AM, Michael Neuling wrote:
>
> > Hey Jimi,
> >
> >>> NOTE: that the dtc must also not generate the blob reservation
> >>> entry.
> >>
> >> This reservation is only generated for "asm" dtc targets so it is
> >> only that case that need to be changed.
> >
> > The user space kexec tools create a reserve map entry for the blob as
> > well.
> good point, but I thought the kexec tools used dtc, no?
No, but they should.
> looking passed my own world I see:
> - iSeries: not reserving the blob at all
That sounds right. I think having the kernel do it is definitely the
right option.
cheers
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-13 11:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-13 2:05 [patch][rfc]flattened device tree: Passing a dtb (blob) to Linux Jimi Xenidis
2006-04-13 2:15 ` Jimi Xenidis
2006-04-13 5:36 ` Michael Neuling
2006-04-13 10:37 ` Jimi Xenidis
2006-04-13 11:07 ` Michael Ellerman [this message]
2006-04-13 13:19 ` Jimi Xenidis
2006-04-13 14:34 ` Michael Ellerman
2006-04-18 16:48 ` Jon Loeliger
2006-04-18 18:04 ` Michael Ellerman
2006-04-18 18:42 ` Jimi Xenidis
2006-04-20 15:42 ` Jon Loeliger
2006-04-20 20:20 ` Mark A. Greer
2006-04-13 23:12 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-04-14 12:45 ` Jimi Xenidis
2006-04-14 16:19 ` Michael Ellerman
2006-05-18 22:03 ` [PATCH] powerpc: Auto reserve of device tree blob Michael Neuling
2006-05-22 16:25 ` Jon Loeliger
2006-05-23 15:04 ` Jon Loeliger
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