From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from de01egw02.freescale.net (de01egw02.freescale.net [192.88.165.103]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F525DDEA0 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:02:50 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <45D378F4.3040003@freescale.com> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:02:44 -0600 From: Timur Tabi MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu and chosen nodes from all DTS files 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> <1171486473.20192.147.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1171486473.20192.147.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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: , Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: >> 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 Ugh. Considering that U-Boot overrides whatever is in the 'chosen' section, can you tell me why you think it should be there? If we put an empty 'chosen' section in the DTS files, are we actually doing anything meaningful? In the interest of saving time, I'm going to respin my patch without the 'chosen' section removed. -- Timur Tabi Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale