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In message <A261F367-1C5F-4197-92FD-07E7AD1D21FC@kernel.crashing.org> you wrote:
> 
> > As I see it, I have to define DTS_FLAGS manually
> >
> >  $ export DTS_FLAGS="-R4 -S0x3000"
> >  $ make ARCH=powerpc tqm8548.dtb
> >
> > to get a working blob. Is that the intended behavior?
> 
> this is normal.  Andy Fleming has posted a patch to u-boot to help  
> improve the situation.  I'm not sure if WD has picked it up for 1.3.4  
> yet.

I will. But wouldn't it make sense to allow at least for  some  level
of  compatibility with older versions of U-Boot? Adding these options
as default would probably not hurt?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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