From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:37:36 +1100 From: David Gibson To: Yoder Stuart-B08248 Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu and chosen nodes from all DTSfiles Message-ID: <20070214233736.GJ16279@localhost.localdomain> 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> <9696D7A991D0824DBA8DFAC74A9C5FA302A1B8C6@az33exm25.fsl.freescale.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <9696D7A991D0824DBA8DFAC74A9C5FA302A1B8C6@az33exm25.fsl.freescale.net> Cc: paulus@samba.org, Tabi Timur-B04825 , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 02:09:19PM -0700, Yoder Stuart-B08248 wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt [mailto:benh@kernel.crashing.org] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:55 PM > > [snip] > > > > 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 > > Why do we need the chosen node in the dts files? Is it to generalize > the dts files for use beyond u-boot? > > What meaningful properties should it have in the dts? 'interrupt-controller' -- David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson