On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 22:07 +0200, Florian Boelstler wrote: > Hi Tobias, > > Tobias Netzel wrote: > > I didn't have time yet to look into the sources. > > Me neither. > > > I don't even know what a "flat" device tree is. Does it mean that all > > nodes are on the same level? > > AFAIK the "flattened device tree" is a replacement for systems that do > not build on Open Firmware. > I am also affected about this change at work, though I didn't had a > chance to thoroughly investigate it. > > An initial documentation can be found in <linux > source>/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt > > Florian > We might want to ask Benjamin Herrenschmidt's opinion on the approach we should take. The document states " new 32-bit platforms and 32-bit platforms which move into arch/powerpc will be required to use these rules". But the document seems to be addressing mostly embedded platforms. Also, I do believe Ben will have to review any code we wish to get into the mainstream kernel tree.
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