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From: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:26:08 -0500
Subject: [U-Boot] Flatten device tree & PPC linux
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Fundu wrote:
> i'm using a the taishan board u-boot 1.2.0 and linux 2.4

Uh, OK.  Those are both pretty darn old by now.....

> does u-boot-1.2.0 pass a flatten device tree to the kernel ?

Maybe.
 
> does this even matter ?

Yes.

> also does linux-2.4 expect fdt ?

Nope.  You have to get to about 2.6.12 or 13
(ie, aboout 2 years ago) before it begins to
matter for PowerPC boards.

jdl