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From: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] Flatten device tree & PPC linu
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:15:43 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48A58F8F.9010502@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080815085140.ACAB9243AB@gemini.denx.de>

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Fundu,
> 
> In message <805245.7882.qm@web63402.mail.re1.yahoo.com> you wrote:
>> Thanks for clearing that up.
>>
>> One other question, if i update  to u-boot 1.3.4 or whatever is the latest, can i configure so that i doesn't use FDT to boot kernel ?
> 
> You don't have to configure that - it just depoends on how  you  boot
> the  Linux  kenrel  image - either you pass a device tree address (as
> the third argument to the bootm command), or you don't.

True.  But if your question was really "Can I have PowerPC board
boot without a Device Tree?", then no, you can't unless you work
really hard in the wrong direction. :-)

All PowerPC converted to using the Device Tree for booting over
two years ago now.

jdl

      reply	other threads:[~2008-08-15 14:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-14 20:10 [U-Boot] Flatten device tree & PPC linux Fundu
2008-08-15  1:35 ` [U-Boot] Flatten device tree & PPC linu Paul Gortmaker
2008-08-15  7:08   ` Fundu
2008-08-15  8:51     ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-08-15 14:15       ` Jon Loeliger [this message]

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