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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] [PATCH] Ignore memory listed in PS3 device tree
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:27:12 +0200
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>> Maybe you should use a bootwrapper, instead.
>>
>> It doesn't make sense to duplicate lots of firmware
>> and bootloader/bootwrapper functionality in the kernel
>> just for kexec.  (Or to do that at all, really).
>
> kexec has a --devicetreeblob option, if we need to resort to that.

That would seem a good option, yes.

> And we're not talking about "lots of functionality". It's just a case 
> of
> ignoring the memory which is mentioned in the device-tree.

Yes, every single little addition isn't very big, sure.
It all accumulates though and at some point it will be
too much.  My tolerances are lower than yours I guess ;-)


Segher