On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 4:36 AM, Josh Boyer <jwbo...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:45:05AM -0700, Grant Likely wrote: >>32 and 64 bit powerpc support has been merged for a while now, but >>the booting-without-of.txt document still describes 32 bit as not >>supporting multiplatform, which is no longer true. This patch fixes >>the documentation. >> >>Also remove references to powerpc-specific details outside of section >>I in preparation to add details for other architectures. > > There's a line around 500 that starts: > > "The kernel powerpc generic code does..." > > Perhaps the powerpc reference should be dropped there?
Done > > Also, there are several mentions of "real Open Firmware", which are > probably just fine, and prom_init(), which are probably arch specific. The prom_init() reference is just an example, and so I'm okay with it staying in. The example is relevant to look at regardless of the architecture you are working on. Oh, but I should drop the reference to every node requiring a "device_type" property. > > There is a section that talks about ranges that starts with: > > "For a new 64-bit powerpc board, I...". Fixed. > > Section III 5) has all kinds of powerpc specific stuff. CHRP, > pSeries, PAPR in the root node. The references to Apple machines for > examples are probably OK, but it shouldn't make PowerPC items as > explicit requirements. Right, fixed. > > Section III 5e) references a file that doesn't exist: > arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c Fixed > > Section V, paragraph 2 references a file that doesn't exist: > arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c > > Hope that helps you... > > josh > -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev