Am 29.09.2006 um 08:46 schrieb Raylynn Knight: > 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. > It would be hard and a lot of work to get our patches into the mainstream kernel - too much for just 2 persons. Or is there anyone who would like to communicate with the ppc kernel developers list? > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Nubus-pmac-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users >
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