From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B89E8DDE02 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:54:44 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu and chosen nodes from all DTS files From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Timur Tabi In-Reply-To: <45D316CD.9070901@freescale.com> References: <1171409687840-git-send-email-timur@freescale.com> <1171411075.20192.116.camel@localhost.localdomain> <45D29AE5.7090004@freescale.com> <1171430877.20192.133.camel@localhost.localdomain> <45D29EB1.5060801@freescale.com> <1171431334.20192.138.camel@localhost.localdomain> <45D316CD.9070901@freescale.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:54:33 +1100 Message-Id: <1171486473.20192.147.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, paulus@samba.org, Stuart Yoder List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 08:03 -0600, Timur Tabi wrote: > Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > >> I just don't understand why it's okay to leave it there. > > > > To make sure there is one. I suspect kernel bits might get upset if it's > > absent. > > That's not what I meant. What I don't understand is: what's so special > about the 8272 that its DTS should have a 'chosen' section, but no other > DTS needs one? > > Obviously, the kernel needs a 'chosen' section, and that's why U-Boot > adds one. And since U-Boot adds one, the DTS itself doesn't need one. > Does the 8272 never use U-Boot? I'm not talking specifically about the 8272. I think we should at it back to all dts's Ben.