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On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 12:02 -0400, Jimi Xenidis wrote:
> This is what I have so far:
> 
>    r3: address of device tree blob
>    r4: address that kernel was loaded
>    r5: not OF (=0)

Correct and that's all that should be needed

>    r13: local_paca address (0?)

You shouldn't have to care about r13 at all, it should be set by the
kernel before it's used. If not, please let us know as that means there
is a bug :)

Ben.