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From: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
To: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, paulus@samba.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu and chosen nodes from all DTS files
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:20:42 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45D1F36A.4030402@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1712A11E-2F9F-441E-97E2-6FE82ED5A539@kernel.crashing.org>

Kumar Gala wrote:
> 
> On Feb 13, 2007, at 10:47 AM, Timur Tabi wrote:
> 
>> The 'linux,boot-cpu' property and the 'chosen' node do not belong in the
>> DTS file, because U-Boot creates these entries in the device tree when
>> it boots linux.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
>> ---
> 
> Is there some harm is having them set in the .dts?

Well, I don't think a DTS should contain a property that isn't going to be used. 
  It might convince people that the property belongs there.

The 'chosen' section is absent from all but one DTS for the same reason.

> I can see 'linux,boot-cpu' may vary on a SMP, but the majority of .dts's 
> are for uniproc's

U-Boot sets it, so whatever the DTS contains is ignored.

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale

  reply	other threads:[~2007-02-13 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-13 16:47 [PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu and chosen nodes from all DTS files Timur Tabi
2007-02-13 17:16 ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-13 17:20   ` Timur Tabi [this message]
2007-02-13 19:29   ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-15  1:42   ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-14  0:31 ` David Gibson
2007-02-14  5:18   ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-14  5:24     ` David Gibson
2007-02-14 14:05       ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-14 23:33         ` David Gibson
2007-02-14 23:47           ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-15  1:40           ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-15 21:26             ` purpose of /chosen node (was RE: [PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu and chosen nodes from all DTSfiles) Yoder Stuart-B08248
2007-02-15 21:39               ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-15 21:45                 ` Yoder Stuart-B08248
2007-02-16  7:38                   ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-16  7:34                 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-15 23:01               ` David Gibson
2007-02-16  0:08                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-16 16:58                   ` purpose of /chosen node (was RE: [PATCH] powerpc: deleteboot-cpu " Yoder Stuart-B08248
2007-02-16 17:00                     ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-16  7:30               ` purpose of /chosen node (was RE: [PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu " Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-16  9:54                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-15 16:18           ` [PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu and chosen nodes from all DTS files Timur Tabi
2007-02-13 23:34 Timur Tabi
2007-02-13 23:57 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-14  5:15   ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-14  5:19     ` David Gibson
2007-02-14  5:24       ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-14 14:40       ` Jon Loeliger
2007-02-14  5:27     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-14  5:31       ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-14  5:35         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-14 14:03           ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-14 20:23             ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2007-02-14 20:32               ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-14 20:47                 ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2007-02-14 20:51                   ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-14 20:58                     ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2007-02-14 20:54             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-14 21:02               ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-14 21:17                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-14 21:58                   ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-14 22:53                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-14 23:37                   ` David Gibson
2007-02-15  1:45     ` Segher Boessenkool

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