Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu and chosen nodes from all DTS files

From: Timur Tabi <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:29:59 -0600

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 <[email-masked]>
>> ---
> 
> Is there some harm is having them set in the .dts?

Actually, I just found out that the boot-cpu property is obsolete.  Instead, the 
boot CPU is specified in the device tree header, and DTC will complain if it 
sees linux,boot-cpu.

With that in mind, I'm going to respin this patch to include a change in 
booting-without-of.txt.

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Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale